Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act
Congress targets tougher hospital price transparency deadlines, daily fines, and a public noncompliance list
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Hospitals would have to post and update their price lists on a clear schedule: within 6 months of the law taking effect, then every year after.
- New hospitals would get 6 months from the day they open to post their price list, and then must update it every year.
- Hospitals could not hide required price info from Google and other search results using webpage coding.
- Hospitals that don’t comply could face daily fines, with the maximum depending on hospital size (small hospitals up to $600/day; very large hospitals up to $11,000/day).
- The federal health secretary would have to publicly list hospitals that aren’t following the rules, starting 280 days after the law takes effect and then every 180 days.
Impact Analysis
Personal Impact
How this policy affects specific groups of people
Milestones
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act
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