Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Immigration, Social Welfare.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HB1ABB1A89BAC44529FECCBEE8F57E98A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026.
- Section H338EFA994ABF42E9AB0D27F031B70ED0: 2. Aligning updates for ambulatory surgical center services with updates for OPD services Section 1833(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C....
- Section HD8C7649EFA0347F5A69BFB38F77ED790: 3. Alignment of budget neutrality adjustment for outpatient surgical procedures Section 1833(i)(2)(D)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C....
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Immigration, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
This bill, Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- health care providers and patients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Ms. Van Duyne (for herself and Mr. Larson of Connecticut) …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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