House Bill 7084
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Hospital Competition Act of 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House on Oct 23, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
7084
Congress
115
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Hospital Competition Act of 2018
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to hospital costs, payments, and infrastructure, including a requirement for hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to publish the prices charged for specified services that are highly utilized.
October 23, 2018
11/15/2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
10/25/2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
10/23/2018
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
10/23/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:41:14 PM