HR 3062 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019

Introduced Jun 3, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Michael C. Burgess R-TX

Latest action · Jun 4, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 3, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019

This bill repeals specified limitations, for purposes of Medicare participation, on self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 3, 2019 to Sep 22, 2020; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Jun 3, 2019
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Jun 3, 2019
D-TX	Henry Cuellar	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-IN	Jackie Walorski	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-GA	Jody B. Hice	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-NC	Mark Walker	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-AL	Mo Brooks	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-KS	Roger Marshall	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Jun 3, 2019
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez	Original	Jun 3, 2019
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Jun 13, 2019
R-IN	Jim Banks		Jun 13, 2019
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jun 13, 2019
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jun 24, 2019
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Jun 24, 2019
R-AR	J. French Hill		Jul 15, 2019
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Jul 18, 2019
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Jul 18, 2019
R-TX	Michael Cloud		Jul 25, 2019
R-LA	Clay Higgins		Aug 27, 2019
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Sep 6, 2019
R-NC	George Holding		Sep 12, 2019
R-MD	Andy Harris		Sep 17, 2019
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Sep 17, 2019
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Sep 18, 2019
R-TX	Van Taylor		Oct 1, 2019
R-TX	Bill Flores		Oct 21, 2019
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Oct 28, 2019
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Oct 31, 2019
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Nov 22, 2019
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Dec 16, 2019
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Dec 16, 2019
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jan 3, 2020
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jan 28, 2020
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Mar 9, 2020
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Sep 22, 2020

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jun 3, 2019
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 4, 2019
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jun 3, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 4, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 3, 2019Introduced in House
Jun 3, 2019Referred 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H8720-H8721] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Ms. WEXTON: H.R. 4971. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Johnson of Ohio. H.R. 1049: Mr. Lynch. H.R. 1092: Mr. Raskin. H.R. 1110: Mr. Wright. H.R. 1133: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez. H.R. 1155: Mr. Pence. H.R. 1171: Mr. Meeks. H.R. 1175: Mr. Richmond. H.R. 1188: Mr. Doggett. H.R. 1254: Ms. Wexton. H.R. 1257: Mr. Rutherford. H.R. 1289: Ms. Matsui. H.R. 1309: Mr. Richmond and Mr. Bishop of Georgia. H.R. 1367: Mr. Johnson of Georgia and Mr. Levin of Michigan. H.R. 1383: Mr. Olson. H.R. 1418: Mr. Schrader. H.R. 1468: Mr. Grijalva. H.R. 1498: Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Dean, and Mr. Grijalva. H.R. 1528: Mr. Trone. H.R. 1652: Mr. Schrader, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Correa, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Velazquez. H.R. 1673: Mr. Harris. H.R. 1680: Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Womack, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr. Byrne. H.R. 1705: Mrs. Lawrence. H.R. 1748: Mr. Sherman, Mr. Crow, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico, and Mr. Keating. H.R. 1754: Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Kind, Ms. Bass, and Mr. Larson of Connecticut. H.R. 1765: Mr. McKinley. H.R. 1777: Ms. Meng. H.R. 1923: Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Welch, Mr. Lowenthal, and Ms. Garcia of Texas. H.R. 2051: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 2075: Ms. Mucarsel-Powell. H.R. 2086: Mrs. Luria. H.R. 2117: Mr. Joyce of Ohio. H.R. 2147: Mr. Kildee, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Gottheimer, and Mr. Calvert. H.R. 2210: Mr. Soto. H.R. 2222: Mr. Smith of Nebraska. H.R. 2235: Mr. Crawford, Mr. Payne, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch, and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2279: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Kennedy. H.R. 2283: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 2301: Mr. Bacon. H.R. 2411: Ms. Spanberger and Mr. Comer. H.R. 2433: Mr. Sires. H.R. 2498: Ms. Sewell of Alabama. H.R. 2501: Mr. Soto. H.R. 2521: Mr. Soto, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Bucshon, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois. H.R. 2584: Mr. Olson and Mr. Hice of Georgia. H.R. 2645: Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 2653: Mrs. Axne. H.R. 2656: Ms. Slotkin. H.R. 2668: Mr. Young and Ms. Finkenauer. H.R. 2693: Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Holding, Mr. Smith of Missouri, and Mr. Arrington. H.R. 2746: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico. H.R. 2747: Ms. Speier and Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2788: Mr. Amodei. H.R. 2802: Ms. Finkenauer and Ms. Schakowsky. H.R. 2825: Mrs. Walorski. H.R. 2862: Mr. Balderson. H.R. 2867: Ms. Brownley of California. H.R. 2985: Mr. Nunes and Mr. Rouda. H.R. 2986: Mr. Lewis and Mr. Blumenauer. H.R. 2990: Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Norman, Ms. Stevens, and Mr. Davidson of Ohio. H.R. 3048: Mr. Smith of Missouri. H.R. 3062: Mr. Johnson of Ohio. H.R. 3080: Mr. Brindisi and Ms. Waters. H.R. 3127: Mr. Welch and Mr. Smith of Nebraska. H.R. 3138: Mr. Norcross. H.R. 3155: Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Perry, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Stauber, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Reed, Mr. Pence, Mr[...]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 173, October 31, 2019.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 116-57	MEMBER DAY HEARING208 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jul 25, 2019

Related bills 7

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 506	Hospital Competition Act of 2019	Related bill	Mar 1, 2019
HR 1330	Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021	Reintroduced Bill	Feb 26, 2021
HR 1332	Fair Care Act of 2019	Related bill	Feb 26, 2019
S 2860	Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019	Identical bill	Nov 14, 2019
S 4796	Fair Care Act of 2020	Related bill	Oct 5, 2020

Show all 7 related bills

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 3, 2019Introduced in House

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