S 729 119th Congress
Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance compliance with hospital price transparency requirements, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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| IntroductionIntroduced | Introduced in the Senate. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionIntroduced in Senate | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Library of Congress · Code 10000 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionIntroduced in Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov |
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Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement ActThis bill increases the monetary penalties for noncompliance with the requirement that hospitals publish, and periodically update, a list of their standard charges for items and services.The bill increases the maximum daily penalty as follows:for hospitals with 30 or fewer beds, from $300 to $600 per day;for hospitals with 31 through 550 beds, from $10 to $20 per bed, per day;for hospitals with greater than 550 beds, from $5,500 to $11,000 per hospital, per day.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also must periodically publish the name of each hospital that is not in compliance with the price transparency requirements.
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- Introduced in SenateFeb 25, 2025