Restoring Essential Healthcare Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4796 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4796

To amend Public Law 119-21 to repeal the prohibition on making payments 
            under the Medicaid program to certain entities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2025

  Ms. Friedman (for herself, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Pappas, Ms. 
Brownley, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Scanlon, 
Mr. Sherman, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Casten, Mr. Liccardo, Ms. Davids of Kansas, 
 Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. 
Balint, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Carson, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Simon, Ms. Chu, Mrs. 
Trahan, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Correa, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Dexter, 
  Mr. Tonko, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Castor of 
   Florida, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Titus, Mr. 
   Beyer, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Norton, Mr. Quigley, Ms. 
 Salinas, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Huffman, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Budzinski, 
 Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, 
  Ms. Pingree, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Min, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Ryan, Mr. 
   Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. 
    Morrison, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Bell, Mr. Menendez, Ms. 
   Underwood, Mr. Peters, Ms. Jacobs, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. 
Horsford, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Craig, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. McBath, 
 Mr. Case, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Pelosi, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Stevens, Mr. 
Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Ms. Randall, Mr. Ivey, 
  Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Ross, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Panetta, Mr. 
Cohen, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Meng, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Sorensen, Ms. Waters, 
 Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Schneider, Ms. DeGette, Ms. 
  Escobar, Mr. Meeks, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Mannion, Mr. Torres of New 
  York, Mr. Stanton, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Lee of 
    Pennsylvania, Mr. Levin, Mr. Takano, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. 
Houlahan, Mr. Amo, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Moore 
of Wisconsin, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. McBride, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. 
Torres of California, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Garcia 
 of Texas, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Frost, Ms. Goodlander, 
    Mr. Soto, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Pou, Mr. Veasey, Ms. 
    Stansbury, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, and Ms. Lofgren) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend Public Law 119-21 to repeal the prohibition on making payments 
            under the Medicaid program to certain entities.

    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 ``Restoring Essential Healthcare 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEALING PROHIBITION ON MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN ENTITIES.

    Section 71113 of Public Law 119-21 is repealed, and, in the case of 
any items or services furnished as medical assistance under a State 
plan (or a waiver of such plan) under title XIX of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) by a prohibited entity (as defined in 
subsection (b)(1) of such section 71113) during the period beginning on 
the date of enactment of Public Law 119-21 and ending on the date of 
enactment of this section, payment for such items and services shall be 
made as if such section 71113 had not been enacted into law.
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