3.0.0 6508 2023-01-11T13:41:57Z 2023-01-11T13:41:57Z House HR 2018-07-25 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LIPINSKI:H.R. 6508.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution ofthe United States grants the Congress the power to enact thislaw.[Page H7687]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2018-07-27T17:41:17Z Referred to 2018-07-25T14:04:45Z 2018-07-27 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2018-07-25 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2018-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000563 Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] Daniel Lipinski D IL William 3 N Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Consumer affairs Department of Health and Human Services Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Home and outpatient care Hospital care Surgery and anesthesia Health 00 2018-07-25 Introduced in House 2019-07-19T20:53:41Z Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2018

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 2018 Display Title Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center treatment episodes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2018 Introduced in House 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr6508ih/xml/BILLS-115hr6508ih.xml 2018-07-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.