Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Criminal Justice, 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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act.
- Section id06edff0ed13842e9aeea1b43190454ed: 2. Increased penalties for health care fraud under title 18 Section 1347 of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the flush matter preceding subsection...
- Section idf74753191bd9478bbcc8466d02163bf7: 3. Increased criminal penalties for acts involving Federal health care programs Section 1128B of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b) is amended— by...
- Section id31e260c2a1eb4864a564f00fa18ff3ca: 4. United States sentencing guidelines In this section, the term covered offense means— an offense under section 1347 of title 18, United States Code; and an...
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, Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Criminal Justice, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act, 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 CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Mrs. Moody introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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
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