Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1330
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-02-25
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions

Health personnel

Medical ethics

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of </b><b>2021</b></p> <p>This bill repeals provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that limit,&nbsp;for purposes of&nbsp;Medicare participation,&nbsp;self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded&nbsp;physician-owned hospitals.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1330 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2021 Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas , Mr. Wenstrup , Mr. Vela , Mr. Harris , Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Babin , Mr. Hice of Georgia , Mrs. Walorski , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Perry , Mr. Cole , Mr. Westerman , Mr. Hill , Mr. Taylor , Mr. Dunn , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Hern , Mr. Griffith , and Mr. Cloud ) 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 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 2021 . 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and section 1106 of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–152 ; 124 Stat. 1049) are repealed and the provisions of law amended by such sections are restored as if such sections had never been enacted.