S 1607
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Hospital care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Medical Billing Fairness Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 22, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medical Billing Fairness Act of 2019
This bill requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to (1) allow in-network patients, when scheduling a nonemergency procedure, to request only in-network treatment; and (2) if in-network treatment is not available, pay for any additional costs to the patient or the patient's insurer.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1