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Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023

Introduced: February 16, 2023 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 16, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023

This bill repeals provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that limit, for purposes of Medicare participation, self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.

What's happening now February 16, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 977 Identical bill Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Republican 12
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Feb 16, 2023
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Feb 16, 2023
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Feb 16, 2023
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Feb 16, 2023
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Feb 16, 2023
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Feb 16, 2023
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Feb 16, 2023
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Feb 16, 2023
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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Feb 16, 2023
Mullin, Markwayne
· Feb 16, 2023
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Feb 16, 2023
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Feb 16, 2023
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Young, Todd
Indiana · Feb 16, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 470: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-470/
MLA
"S. 470: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-470/.
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S. 470, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-470/.
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[S. 470: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-470/)
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