PATIENTS Act
Latest action · Dec 24, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 579.
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 24, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Access To Information for Effective & Necessary Treatment and Services Act or the PATIENTS Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund, which supports research that evaluates and compares outcomes and the clinical effectiveness, risks, and benefits of two or more medical treatments, services, or other health practices. The bill also requires that research supported by the trust prioritize substance use disorders (including opioid use), mental health, and maternal health.
Additionally, the bill extends specified fees on private health insurance plans, including self-insured plans, which support the trust.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2019Markup Jun 26, 2019Reported Dec 24, 2020 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2019Discharged Dec 24, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 25, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-696, Part I.
- Dec 24, 2020Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- Dec 24, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 579.
- Jun 26, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 26, 2019Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 15.
- Jun 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 24, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2019Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 13, 2019H.R. 3439, PATIENTS ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 26, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 106, June 24, 2019, page H5076.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3030 | Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Extension Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jun 4, 2019 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title XI of the Social Security Act to extend appropriations and transfers to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund and to extend certain health insurance fees for such transfers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PATIENT Act
- Protecting Access To Information for Effective and Necessary Treatment Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- PATIENTS Act
- Protecting Access To Information for Effective & Necessary Treatment and Services Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Appropriations
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Medical research
- Mental health
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Sales and excise taxes
- Women's health
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2020Reported in House
- Jun 24, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
