3.0.0 1133 2023-01-11T13:36:27Z 2023-01-11T13:36:27Z Senate S 2017-05-16 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-16T19:59:12Z Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 115 1156 HR 2017-03-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2017-05-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-05-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK N B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2017-05-16 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2017-05-16 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2017-05-16 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2017-05-16 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-05-16 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2017-05-16 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2017-05-16 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2017-05-16 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2017-05-16 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2017-06-06 False Health Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Medical ethics Medicare Health 00 2017-05-16 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-09T23:18:32Z Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to repeal specified limitations, for purposes of Medicare participation, on self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.

]]> Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 Display Title Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1133is/xml/BILLS-115s1133is.xml 2017-05-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.