Congress·In Committee·S. 3593
Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act
Congress targets tougher prison time and higher fines for health care fraud
Part of: Proposed Legislation Seeks Harsher Penalties for Health Care Fraud
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Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Senate
Key Points
- Raises the maximum prison time for federal health care fraud from 10 years to 25 years, and from 20 years to 30 years in more serious cases.
- Increases criminal fines tied to fraud involving federal health programs, including raising a $100,000 fine level to $250,000 in several places.
- Boosts other penalties in the same federal health program fraud law, including raising a $20,000 penalty to $100,000 and increasing some lower penalties up to $100,000.
- Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and update sentencing guidelines so punishments better match the harm, planning, privacy violations, and public safety risks.
- The higher penalties would apply only to fraud acts (and certain false statements) that happen on or after the law takes effect.
Impact Analysis
Personal Impact
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Positive Impacts(4)
Milestones
2 milestones2 actions
Jan 7, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Jan 7, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Votes
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act
Bill NumberS 3593
Congress119th Congress
ChamberSenate
Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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