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Hospital Competition Act of 2020

Introduced: August 25, 2020 Introduced by: Banks, Jim Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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Aug 25, 2020
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.
Aug 25, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hospital Competition Act of 2020

This bill provides grants to states to improve hospital infrastructure, addresses anticompetitive mergers and practices by hospital systems, modifies the requirements for publishing the prices of the most common services used in hospitals, provides the Federal Trade Commission with additional oversight authority, and requires the development of a database to inform patients about the cost, quality, and value of their care.

What's happening now August 25, 2020

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.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • HR 3062 Related bill Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019
  • HR 6005 Related bill Know the Price Act
  • S 1688 Related bill A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the full disclosure of billing and service information to …
  • S 2860 Related bill Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019
  • S 4796 Related bill Fair Care Act of 2020
  • HR 8527 Related bill Fair Care Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
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Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Sep 21, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8098: Hospital Competition Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8098/
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"H.R. 8098: Hospital Competition Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8098/.
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H.R. 8098, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8098/.
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