Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021
Latest action · Feb 26, 2021 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.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021
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.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2021 to Nov 16, 2022; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Apr 28, 2021 | |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | May 4, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | May 4, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | May 7, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | May 7, 2021 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | May 12, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | May 25, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jun 14, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Jun 23, 2022 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Sep 19, 2022 | |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Nov 16, 2022 |
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 Feb 25, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 26, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 25, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 25, 2021Referred 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 25, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 36, February 25, 2021, page H730.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3062 | Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | Jun 4, 2019 |
| S 4130 | Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2022 | Related bill | May 3, 2022 |
| HR 8588 | Fair Care Act of 2022 | Related bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
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 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2021Introduced 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.
