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<item congress="116" measure-type="hr" measure-number="3965" measure-id="id116hr3965" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-07-25" update-date="2021-02-22">
<title>Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hr3965v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-02-22">
<action-date>2019-07-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act</b><br> <br> This bill specifies the format that hospitals must disclose the standard charges for items and services by requiring them to submit such charges to the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) and requiring the CMS to post the charges on its website.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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