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H.R. 506 116th Congress House

Hospital Competition Act of 2019

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase hospital competition, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 11, 2019 Introduced by: Jim Banks Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
Health Competition and antitrustComputers and information technologyGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insurance
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Jan 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 11, 2019
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.
Jan 11, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 1, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hospital Competition Act of 2019

This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to hospital costs, payments, and infrastructure.

Among other things, the bill requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to (1) in the case of hospitals that meet specified market concentration thresholds, apply Medicare reimbursement rates regardless of whether the individual receiving services is entitled to or enrolled in Medicare; and (2) publish the prices charged for specified services that are highly utilized.

The bill also repeals (1) performance incentives under the Medicare Shared Savings Program for accountable care organizations, and (2) provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that prohibit physician-owned hospitals from expanding facility capacity.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1332 Fair Care Act of 2019
  • HR 3062 Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019
  • S 2860 Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Jan 11, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 506: Hospital Competition Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-506/
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"H.R. 506: Hospital Competition Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-506/.
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H.R. 506, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-506/.
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