Empowering Patient Choice of Medical Care Act

Bill: 119-hr-3021
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2025-04-24
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-24
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: 2025-04-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Empowering Patient Choice of Medical Care Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services from refusing to designate a service as a covered hospital outpatient service under Medicare based solely on its determination that the service can only be furnished in an inpatient setting.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3021 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 24, 2025 Mrs. Spartz 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 eliminate the inpatient-only service list.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering Patient Choice of Medical Care Act . 2. Elimination of inpatient-only service list Beginning January 1, 2026, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not refuse to designate an outpatient hospital service pursuant to section 1833(t)(1)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(1)(B)(i) ) based solely on a determination by the Secretary that such service may only be safely furnished in an inpatient setting.