Hospital Competition Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-8098| House
| Updated: 8/25/2020
Jim Banks
Republican Representative
Indiana
Cosponsors (1)
Ways and Means Committee, Judiciary Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Hospital Competition Act of 2020 This bill provides grants to states to improve hospital infrastructure, addresses anticompetitive mergers and practices by hospital systems, modifies the requirements for publishing the prices of the most common services used in hospitals, provides the Federal Trade Commission with additional oversight authority, and requires the development of a database to inform patients about the cost, quality, and value of their care.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
Health
Advisory bodiesCivil actions and liabilityCompetition and antitrustCongressional oversightConsumer affairsGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHospital careMedicarePrescription drugsPublic contracts and procurementRight of privacyState and local financeTax-exempt organizations
Hospital Competition Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-8098| House
| Updated: 8/25/2020
Hospital Competition Act of 2020 This bill provides grants to states to improve hospital infrastructure, addresses anticompetitive mergers and practices by hospital systems, modifies the requirements for publishing the prices of the most common services used in hospitals, provides the Federal Trade Commission with additional oversight authority, and requires the development of a database to inform patients about the cost, quality, and value of their care.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
Jim Banks
Republican Representative
Indiana
Cosponsors (1)
Ways and Means Committee, Judiciary Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
Related Bills
- HR 116-3062: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019
- S 116-1688: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the full disclosure of billing and service information to patients.
- S 116-4796: Fair Care Act of 2020
- HR 116-6005: Know the Price Act
- HR 116-8527: Fair Care Act of 2020
- S 116-2860: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Advisory bodiesCivil actions and liabilityCompetition and antitrustCongressional oversightConsumer affairsGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHospital careMedicarePrescription drugsPublic contracts and procurementRight of privacyState and local financeTax-exempt organizations