Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act

Bill: 113-hr-3633
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2013-12-03
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act - Prohibits a state or local government or other entity that receives a payment from the federal government related to the delivery of health care services to individuals, whether or not such individuals are or have been employed by the federal government, from being treated as a federal contractor or subcontractor by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs based on the work performed or actions taken by such individuals that resulted in the receipt of such payment.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3633 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 3, 2013 Mr. Walberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To clarify that certain recipients of payments from the Federal Government related to the delivery of health care services to individuals shall not be treated as Federal contractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs based on the work performed or actions taken by such individuals that resulted in the receipt of such payments.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act . 2. Non-Federal contractor status for entities receiving certain health care-related Federal payments A State, a local government, or other recipient that receives a payment from the Federal Government, directly or indirectly and regardless of reimbursement methodology, related to the delivery of health care services to individuals, whether or not such individuals are or have been employed by the Federal Government, shall not be treated as a Federal contractor or subcontractor by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs based on the work performed or actions taken by such individuals that resulted in the receipt of such payments.