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H.R. 4002 119th Congress House

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025

Official title: To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals.

Introduced: June 12, 2025 Introduced by: Beth Van Duyne Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 12, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

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Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4002: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4002/
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"H.R. 4002: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4002/.
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H.R. 4002, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4002/.
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