United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Congress House of Representatives author aut Government Organization text government publication eng CRPT Congressional Committee Materials 119_cong_reports legislative 2026-07-25 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2026-07-13 monographic deposited born digital 21 digital object pages Y 1.1/8:119-748 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CRPT-119hrpt748 P0b002ee1e5aed4cd 001476996 f:hr748.119.txt DGPO 2026-07-25 2026-07-25 CRPT-119hrpt748 machine generated eng fdlp Report to accompany H.R. 8684 HRPT CRPT-119hrpt748 HOUSE 119 748 2 false true https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CRPT-119hrpt748 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-119hrpt748/html/CRPT-119hrpt748.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-119hrpt748/pdf/CRPT-119hrpt748.pdf H. Rept. 119-748 The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 8684) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage to only pay claims submitted by hospitals that have in place policies and procedures to ensure accurate billing practices, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. TRANSPARENCY IN BILLING ACT OF 2026;H. Rept. 119-748 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed FIRSTPART CRPT-119hrpt748 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 2 Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Transparency in Billing Act of 2026 The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 8684) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage to only pay claims submitted by hospitals that have in place policies and procedures to ensure accurate billing practices, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. Mr. Walberg, from the Committee on Education and Workforce, submitted the following Committee on Education and Workforce Education and Workforce Mr. Walberg Tim Walberg Walberg, Tim

H.R. 8684, 119th Tim Walberg United States House of Representatives sponsor spn United States Congress Member United States Congress House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce associated name asn Government Organization S. 3 119 OTHER H.R. 4509 119 OTHER H.R. 5800 119 OTHER H.R. 8684 119 OTHER H.R. 8684 119 PRIMARY Title 28 Section 518(a) 28 U.S.C. 518(a) Title 29 Section 1001et seq. Title 29 Section 1001note Title 29 Section 1021et seq. Title 29 Section 1132 Title 29 Section 1185 29 U.S.C. 1001et seq. 29 U.S.C. 1001note 29 U.S.C. 1021et seq. 29 U.S.C. 1132 29 U.S.C. 1185 Title 42 Section 1395l(t) 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t) Volume 129 Page 584 129 Stat. 584 Public Law 93-344 Public Law No 93-344 Public Law 104-1 Public Law No 104-1 Public Law 104-4 Public Law No 104-4 Public Law 111-139 Public Law No 111-139 Public Law 114-74 Public Law No 114-74 Public Law 119-75 Public Law No 119-75