Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 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.
- IntroducedMay 5, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 9, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Aug 9, 2024 |
Committees 3
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 May 5, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 12, 2023 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 5, 2023Markup Sep 11, 2024Reported Dec 16, 2024 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 5, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 16, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-875, Part I.
- Sep 11, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 11, 2024Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- May 12, 2023Referred 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 12, 2024H.R. 3120, Healthy Competition for Better Care ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on September 11, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 77, May 5, 2023, page H2138.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-661 | CONSOLIDATION AND CORPORATE OWNERSHIP IN HEALTH CARE: TRENDS AND IMPACTS ON ACCESS, QUALITY, AND COSTS177 pages | Finance Committee | Jun 8, 2023 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1451 | Healthy Competition for Better Care Act | Identical bill | May 4, 2023 |
| S 2840 | Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act | Related bill | Nov 8, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 5, 2023Introduced 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.
