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HR 7267 116th Congress House

Patients Before Profits Act of 2020

Official title: To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage from reducing contracted rates, or terminating contracts, with health care providers during a public health emergency.

Introduced: June 22, 2020 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 116th Congress ended
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.
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Jun 18, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
Jun 18, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 18, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patients Before Profits Act of 2020

This bill prohibits private health insurance plans, in any area where there is a federally declared public health emergency, from (1) reducing reimbursement rates to health care providers, or (2) terminating a contract with a health care provider. The bill does not limit such actions if they are based on fraud, abuse, or concern about the quality of the provider or if the provider is on the exclusion list from federal health programs that is maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 22, 2020
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jun 22, 2020
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 18, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7267: Patients Before Profits Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7267/
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"H.R. 7267: Patients Before Profits Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7267/.
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H.R. 7267, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7267/.
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