[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3805 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3805

 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit health plans 
   from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic funds 
 transfers and health care payment and remittance advice transactions, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 27, 2024

  Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Ms. Cantwell) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit health plans 
   from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic funds 
 transfers and health care payment and remittance advice transactions, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Fees for EFTs Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING HEALTH PLANS FROM IMPOSING FEES ON HEALTH CARE 
              PROVIDERS FOR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS AND HEALTH CARE 
              PAYMENT AND REMITTANCE ADVICE TRANSACTIONS.

    Section 1173(g)(4)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320d-2(g)(4)(B)(ii)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (I), by striking at the end ``and'';
            (2) in subclause (II), by striking at the end the period 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
                                    ``(III) prohibit the imposition of 
                                any charge, fee, or other payment 
                                (including through a withhold from 
                                payment) by a health plan or entity 
                                completing the transaction on the 
                                plan's behalf, on a health care 
                                provider for electronic fund transfers 
                                and health care payment and remittance 
                                advice transactions made on or after 
                                January 1, 2025.''.
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