Health Investment Zones Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Health Investment Zones Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Government Operations.
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 Health Investment Zones Act of 2026.
- Section idba10ecb3f46447b7a69c1e043de06caa: 2. Designation of Health Investment Zones Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, pursuant to applications...
- Section H604C301A4CC14A90A996F4AE30733C8B: 3. Tax incentives Section 51(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking or at the end of subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the...
- Section HE8018C11050F4456B37E7046C2B92008: 25G. Credit for qualified Health Investment Zone workers In the case of a qualified Health Investment Zone worker, there shall be allowed as a credit against...
- Section id8f29f5bb72a54d57818140dbd2018262: 4. Grants For each area designated as a Health Investment Zone, the Secretary may award a grant to the community-based nonprofit organization or local...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Health Investment Zones Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Finance, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, Health Investment Zones Act of 2026, 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
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Padilla 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?
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a Health Investment Zone practitioner who— agrees to provide full-time health care services in a Health Investment Zone for a specified period that is not less than 1 year
a health care practitioner who— is licensed or certified in accordance with applicable State law to treat patients in the applicable Health Investment Zone
a clinic that— bills by place of service code 11 (office) or 22 (independent clinic) in the physician fee schedule under section 1848
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