S 729 · in committee · significant
Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- The bill doubles penalties on hospitals that fail to publish their standard charges for medical services.
- Large and small hospitals face increased daily fines, ranging from $600 to $11,000 depending on bed count.
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must publicly list non-compliant hospitals.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would doubled penalties affect smaller rural hospitals compared to large urban medical centers in meeting transparency requirements?
- 02
What evidence suggests that increasing fines will drive compliance better than current enforcement methods or alternative approaches?
- 03
Which patients or communities might benefit most from hospitals publicly listing their standard charges for services?
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Sponsor · R-LA
John Kennedy
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Introduced 2025-02-25
Legislative timeline
2025-02-25 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2025-02-25 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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