Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Civil Rights, Education.
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 H3187F57EFB774FBFB957487F98F11393: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2025.
- Section H0BF27D4BED714AFAAC7F9CA7AA753FD0: 2. Changes to liability for payment Section 222 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1621u) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking A...
- Section HEE242F6D67CD4CB3869C469CB21BD133: 3. Technical and conforming amendments Section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603) is amended— by striking paragraph (5); by...
- Section id96fa0b2c9eed492388adabbcb97428e0: 211. California purchased/referred care demonstration program The Secretary
- Section id652D7E813F09452B94C30AF679C16486: 219. Purchased/referred care payment study The Secretary
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Civil Rights, Education
Primary Purpose
This bill, Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2025, 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 CommitteeCommittee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Mr. Rounds (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Thune, and Mrs. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any health service that is—(A)delivered based on a referral by, or at the expense of, an Indian health program
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