Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-4002
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2025-06-12
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2025-06-12
text: 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-06-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of </strong><strong>2025</strong></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 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4002 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2025 Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Hern of Oklahoma , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Mr. Biggs of Arizona , Mr. Yakym , Mr. Harris of Maryland , Mr. Dunn of Florida , Mr. Pfluger , and Mr. McCormick ) 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025 . 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and section 1106 of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–152 ; 124 Stat. 1049) are repealed and the provisions of law amended by such sections are restored as if such sections had never been enacted.