Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1133
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2017-05-16
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions

Health personnel

Medical ethics

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to repeal specified limitations,&nbsp;for purposes of&nbsp;Medicare participation,&nbsp;on self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded&nbsp;physician-owned hospitals.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1133 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 16, 2017 Mr. Lankford (for himself, Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Tillis , and Mr. Young ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 . 2. Repeal of health care reform provisions limiting Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals Sections 6001 and 10601 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ; 124 Stat. 684, 1005) and section 1106 of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–152 ; 124 Stat. 1049) are repealed and the provisions of law amended by such sections are restored as if such sections had never been enacted.