Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019

This bill repeals specified limitations, for purposes of Medicare participation, on self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3062 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3062

   To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare 
    exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for 
                   hospitals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2019

 Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Vela, 
  Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
Babin, Mr. Walker, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Loudermilk, 
   Mr. Mullin, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Cole) introduced the 
   following bill; which was 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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                                 A BILL


 
   To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare 
    exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for 
                   hospitals, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Patient Access to Higher Quality 
Health Care Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF HEALTH CARE REFORM PROVISIONS LIMITING MEDICARE 
              EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PHYSICIAN 
              REFERRALS FOR HOSPITALS.

    Sections 6001 and 10601 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 684, 1005) and section 1106 of 
the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111-152; 124 Stat. 1049) are repealed and the provisions of law amended 
by such sections are restored as if such sections had never been 
enacted.
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