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S 1607 116th Congress Senate

Medical Billing Fairness Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide protections for patients scheduling non-emergency procedures at in-network hospitals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 22, 2019 Introduced by: Kennedy, John Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
Health Health care costs and insuranceHospital careMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicare
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 22, 2019
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 Latest action May 22, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1607: Medical Billing Fairness Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1607/
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"S. 1607: Medical Billing Fairness Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1607/.
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S. 1607, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1607/.
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[S. 1607: Medical Billing Fairness Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1607/)
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