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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7292 

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to lower barriers to increase 

patient access to health care. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 7, 2024 

Mr. MOORE of Utah (for himself, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, and 

Mr. PANETTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 

on 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 

A BILL 

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to lower 

barriers to increase patient access to health care. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Accelerating 

5 Consumer’s Care by Expediting Self-Scheduling Act’’ or 

6 the ‘‘Health ACCESS Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1128B. 

2 Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 1320a–7b(b)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

5 (A) by moving the margin of subpara6 graphs (J) and (K) 2 ems to the left; 

7 (B) in subparagraph (K), by striking 

8 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 

9 (C) in subparagraph (L), by striking the 

10 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

12 subparagraph: 

13 ‘‘(M) any remuneration paid by a provider of 

14 services (as defined in section 1861(u)) or a supplier 

15 (as defined in section 1861(d)) to an information 

16 service provider (as defined in paragraph (5)), if— 

17 ‘‘(i) such information service provider does 

18 not— 

19 ‘‘(I) steer or lead a consumer to select 

20 a particular provider of services or supplier 

21 based on the amount a provider of services 

22 or supplier pays or may pay the informa23 tion service provider; 

24 ‘‘(II) provide, or represent itself as 

25 providing, any medical items or services, 

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1 ments of illness or injury, or make any 

2 promises of cure or guarantees of treat3 ment; 

4 ‘‘(III) provide contact information re5 garding a consumer (as defined in para6 graph (5)) to providers of services or sup7 pliers, except to the specific provider of 

8 services or supplier selected by the con9 sumer; 

10 ‘‘(IV) provide or arrange for transpor11 tation of an individual to, or from, the lo12 cation of a provider of services or supplier; 

13 ‘‘(V) provide or arrange for the provi14 sion of any other remuneration to a Fed15 eral health care program beneficiary other 

16 than the inherent convenience of the infor17 mation service; or 

18 ‘‘(VI) engage in targeted marketing of 

19 a particular provider of services or supplier 

20 through phone calls or text messages, with 

21 respect to consumers or potential con22 sumers who have not previously interacted 

23 with the information service provider and 

24 who have not opted out; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the methodology for determining com2 pensation paid to the information service pro3 vider by a provider of services or supplier is set 

4 in advance in writing, and the compensation— 

5 ‘‘(I) does not exceed fair market 

6 value; 

7 ‘‘(II) is for services, specified in writ8 ing; and 

9 ‘‘(III) does not take into account the 

10 value of any items or services payable in 

11 whole or in part by a Federal health care 

12 program that result from recommendations 

13 by the information service provider for the 

14 provider of services or supplier; 

15 ‘‘(iii) such information service provider 

16 clearly discloses the financial arrangement be17 tween it and the providers of services or sup18 pliers participating in such service to con19 sumers; 

20 ‘‘(iv) such information service provider fur21 nishes provider- and supplier-specific informa22 tion to consumers based only on objective, con23 sumer-centric criteria; 

24 ‘‘(v) such information service provider de25 velops objective criteria for participation in such 


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1 information service and does not exclude any 

2 providers of services or suppliers who meet such 

3 criteria from participating therein; and 

4 ‘‘(vi) such information service provider 

5 meets other conditions that may be determined 

6 by the Secretary.’’; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph 

10 (3)(M): 

11 ‘‘(A) CONSUMER.—The term ‘consumer’ means 

12 an individual who uses a platform provided by an in13 formation service provider for the purpose of search14 ing providers of services or suppliers. 

15 ‘‘(B) INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDER.—The 

16 term ‘information service provider’ means any indi17 vidual or entity operating a web-based platform that 

18 makes information regarding providers of services or 

19 suppliers available to consumers.’’. 

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