Protecting Patients from Rehab Fraud Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6906 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6906

  To require the Attorney General and the Comptroller General of the 
   United States to submit to Congress reports on the drug addiction 
                    treatment and recovery industry.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2025

  Mr. Vindman (for himself, Mr. Bentz, and Mr. Rulli) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Attorney General and the Comptroller General of the 
   United States to submit to Congress reports on the drug addiction 
                    treatment and recovery industry.

    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 ``Protecting Patients from Rehab Fraud 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS ON THE DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT AND RECOVERY INDUSTRY.

    (a) DOJ Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a 
report on the drug addiction treatment and recovery industry. Such 
report shall include the following:
            (1) The prevalence of entities using illegal tactics to 
        entice individuals to enter a rehabilitation facility.
            (2) The prevalence of insurance fraud in plans offered 
        through an Exchange established under the Patient Protection 
        and Affordable Care Act relating to individuals housed in such 
        facilities.
            (3) The practice of brokers encouraging patients to commit 
        insurance fraud to enroll in high-cost out-of-network insurance 
        plans.
            (4) The prevalence of drug use and trafficking within these 
        facilities.
            (5) The practice of ``patient dumping,'' also known as 
        ``curbing,'' by which patients are removed from a facility and 
        abandoned once their insurer no longer pays the facility.
            (6) The prevalence of patients being dumped in places other 
        than the original location they came from to attend such a 
        facility.
            (7) Any research on the prevalence of homelessness and 
        relapse among individuals who are dumped.
            (8) Recommendations for Congress to crack down on illegal 
        practices and false dealing in the rehabilitation industry and 
        protect prospective patients seeking rehabilitation.
    (b) GAO Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report on the drug addiction treatment and 
recovery industry. Such report shall include the following:
            (1) The actions currently being undertaken by the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services and other Federal actors to curb 
        the type of insurance fraud described in subsection (a)(2).
            (2) The actions currently being undertaken by States to 
        curb this type of insurance fraud.
            (3) The extent and effectiveness of Federal expenditures 
        for rehabilitation facilities to date.
            (4) Recommendations for Congress to crack down on illegal 
        practices and false dealing in the rehabilitation industry and 
        protect prospective patients seeking rehabilitation.
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