US Congress House Bill 5497 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on June 16 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-06-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): (1) the frequency of certain treatment episodes for the most frequently treated conditions in each setting, (2) the total number of such treatment episodes, and (3) the average charge for the insured and uninsured for such a treatment episode. HHS must publish on its website: (1) such information in a manner that promotes charge comparisons among hospitals and among ambulatory surgical centers, and (2) a link to other consumer quality information maintained on an HHS or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website. Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers must post prominently at each admission site a notice of the availability of such data. Civil penalties are authorized for violations of this bill.

Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2016

Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2016-06-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5497/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5497/BILLS-114hr5497ih.pdf