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Hospital Price Reporting and Disclosure Act of 2005

Introduced: October 6, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Oct 6, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2005 S11220)
Oct 6, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/07/2005 S11219-11220)
Oct 6, 2005
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hospital Price Reporting and Disclosure Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a hospital to: (1) report data to the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the frequency of performing certain services and administering certain drugs and the charge by the hospital for such services or drugs; and (2) prominently post such information at each admission site. Requires the Secretary to: (1) publicly post such information in a manner that promotes charge comparisons among hospitals; and (2) select which services or drugs are to be reported based on how frequently each service is performed or each drug is administered.

Allows the Secretary to impose a civil monetary penalty for violations of this Act.

What's happening now October 6, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2005 S11220)

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1