118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 977Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023

To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals.

Health
Introduced Feb 10, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Feb 10, 2023
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Referred
Dec 17, 2024
E&C · Ways & Means
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill repeals provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that limit, for purposes of Medicare participation, self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 5 actions
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 17, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 10, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 10, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 10, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.