To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Finance.
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 id8a7382d5d83a4b4184f8bcda5c291a60: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act or the Health Care PRICE...
- Section iddb6bf7fe622c4d20a83146c1c60325b1: 2. Strengthening hospital price transparency requirements Section 2718(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–18(e)) is amended to read as...
- Section id1a03a25cafd946539ec52190720b6c63: 3. Increasing price transparency of clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the medicare program Section 2718 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C....
- Section id9abca8ae0c634a9fba6dc4e67805594b: 4. Imaging transparency Section 2718 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–18), as amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end...
- Section id36717f0e6f6a499fb5a22b17ebd10248: 5. Ambulatory surgical center price transparency requirements Section 2718 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–18), as amended by section 4, is...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Braun (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, and Mr. …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the charge for an individual item or service that is reflected on a specified surgical center’s chargemaster, absent any discounts.(C)Group health plan
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