Estimated effects on people, organizations, and industries in bills this legislator sponsored, cosponsored, or voted on. Includes bills they voted against.
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12. Technical amendments Section 715(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185d(a)(1)) is amended by inserting and parts D and E of the Public Health Service Act (as amended by the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act) after Affordable Care Act). Section 9815(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting and parts D and E of the Public Health Ser…
9. State preemption only in event of conflict The provisions of section 2718A of the Public Health Service Act (as added and amended by this Act) shall not be construed to supersede any provision of State law which establishes, implements, or continues in effect any requirement or prohibition related to health care price transparency, including for hospitals, clinical diagnostic laboratories, pro…
This clause introduces a definition change: Establishes that federal price transparency requirements do not preempt state laws unless there is a direct conflict, preserving stricter state transparency requirements. It is likely beneficial for States with stricter transparency laws (none). It likely creates costs, burdens, barriers, or risks for Healthcare facilities in states with stronger requirements (compliance burden up).
Potential benefits are effects assessed as favorable to the named group. Potential burdens impose costs, restrictions, risks, or lost opportunities on that group.
Mixed effects contain countervailing effects on the same group. Unclear effects have an undetermined direction. A group can have separate benefits and burdens; these are counted separately.
Counts describe the number of identified effects, not their size or public value. Bill and clause counts are distinct within each view. Shared evidence may appear under several groups or policy areas, so their counts should not be added together.
Historical bill versions are included. Clauses analyzed in different versions count separately. A bill’s current status does not establish that every analyzed provision was enacted.
Only direct effects with high or medium confidence in the policy-area assignment are included. Bills are connected through sponsorship, cosponsorship, or Yea/Nay votes; a vote against a bill does not reverse its assessed effects. Vote dates filter recorded votes and vote-linked bills; sponsorship remains included.
