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Health Care Fraud: Increased Criminal Penalties

Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act

22 days ago·View on Congress.gov

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Key Points

  • This bill would significantly increase the maximum prison time for people convicted of health care fraud. The current limit of 10 years would be raised to 25 years, and cases where someone gets seriously hurt could lead to 30 years in prison.
  • Criminal fines for breaking laws related to federal health programs would also go up. For example, some fines would increase from $100,000 to $250,000, while other smaller fines would jump from $4,000 to $100,000.
  • The proposal tells the government group that sets sentencing rules to make punishments tougher. They are asked to consider if the crime was well-planned, if it leaked private medical records, or if it put the public's health and safety at risk.
  • These changes would only apply to crimes that happen after the bill is officially signed into law. The main goal is to stop people from stealing money from the health care system, which helps keep those programs running for everyone else.

Milestones

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Feb 13, 2026House

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.

Feb 13, 2026

Introduced in House

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act

Bill NumberHR 7569
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.

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