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HR 5927 114th Congress House

Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016

Official title: To delay for one year the release of the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 25, 2016
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016

This bill delays the date upon which the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may make Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for hospitals publicly available.

With respect to such ratings, HHS shall: (1) make publicly available detailed information on the methodology used, (2) have the validity and accuracy of such methodology independently confirmed, and (3) provide a public comment period of specified duration.

HHS may not make the ratings publicly available until the later of July 31, 2017, or the date upon which the bill's requirements are satisfied.

In the event that such ratings have already been published on a specified website, HHS shall remove them and not republish them until the bill's requirements have been satisfied.

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  • HR 6088 Related bill Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5927: Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5927/
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"H.R. 5927: Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5927/.
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H.R. 5927, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5927/.
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