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Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act

House

Extends Medicare’s Acute Hospital Care at Home Program through FY2030 and orders a study of hospital at home care quality costs services and patient demographics

Latest action: Tue Dec 02 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Transparency in Billing Act of 2026

House

Require group health plans and issuers to pay hospital claims only when hospitals maintain accurate billing policies and procedures under ERISA

Latest action: Mon Jul 13 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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CRITICAL Act

Senate

Increases the Medicare payment rate by 4% for services provided by critical access hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii

Latest action: Wed Feb 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Senate

Require health plans to cover medically necessary treatment for congenital anomalies and related services, including later revisions to restored body parts

Latest action: Thu Mar 19 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Copay Fairness for Veterans Act

House

Eliminates VA copayments for veterans' preventive health services, including specified screenings, immunizations, and women's contraceptive care

Latest action: Tue Mar 25 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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I CAN Act

Senate

Allows nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other nonphysician clinicians to perform certain Medicare and Medicaid documentation, supervision, and certification duties

Latest action: Thu Feb 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

House

Require private health plans and public coverage programs to cover medically necessary treatment for congenital anomalies and birth defects affecting the jaw and face

Latest action: Thu May 08 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Patients Deserve Price Tags Act

Senate

Require healthcare providers and plans to disclose clear prices to patients before care so they can compare medical costs

Latest action: Mon Jul 27 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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ARC Act of 2025

House

Expands Medicare and Medicaid coverage of peripheral artery disease screening without cost sharing for certain at-risk people and advances amputation reduction efforts

Latest action: Tue Jan 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Patients Deserve Price Tags Act

House

Require healthcare price transparency by making patients receive clear price information for medical services

Latest action: Fri Sep 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2025

Senate

Establishes national hospital nurse staffing standards to improve patient safety and quality of care through minimum staffing requirements

Latest action: Mon May 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans Health Care Freedom Act

House

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to run a three year pilot letting enrolled veterans choose providers across the covered care system for hospital medical and extended care services

Latest action: Thu Feb 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Rural Hospital Support Act

Senate

Modifies and extends Medicare inpatient payment adjustments for rural hospitals by updating certain payment calculations and making key adjustments permanent

Latest action: Thu Jan 30 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization

Senate

Extends the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program for five years so certain small rural hospitals can keep receiving cost-based Medicare reimbursement under the demonstration

Latest action: Thu May 21 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2025

House

Require hospitals to meet minimum nurse to patient staffing ratios, enforce unit staffing plans and protections for nurses, and adjust Medicare payments for compliance costs

Latest action: Wed May 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Health Care PRICE Transparency Act

House

Require hospitals and health insurance plans to publicly disclose detailed prices for items, services, and prescription drugs so consumers can compare health care costs

Latest action: Thu Jan 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act

Senate

Increases penalties for hospitals that fail to post and update standard charge lists and requires public naming of noncompliant hospitals under price transparency rules

Latest action: Tue Feb 25 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025

House

Temporarily expands Medicare critical access hospital eligibility to hospitals in the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program

Latest action: Tue Feb 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025

Senate

Temporarily allows certain Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program hospitals to qualify as critical access hospitals under Medicare special payment rules

Latest action: Tue Feb 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2025

House

Repeals Medicare's 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient services at critical access hospitals

Latest action: Thu Jan 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

STAR Act

House

Amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust Medicare payment rates for long term care hospitals

Latest action: Wed Jul 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2025

Senate

Temporarily expands Medicare critical access hospital eligibility for certain small rural hospitals in shortage or high-need areas facing sustained financial losses

Latest action: Mon Feb 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act

House

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.

Latest action: Wed Jul 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Critical Access for Veterans Care Act

Senate

Expand access to veterans medical treatment by improving care availability in critical access areas

Latest action: Wed Mar 18 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Rural 340B Access Act of 2025

House

Extends eligibility for the 340B drug pricing program to qualifying rural emergency hospitals so they can buy discounted outpatient drugs

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Recognizing the roles and the contributions of Americas Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their critical role in providing quality health care for the public and the Nation's Armed Forces for more than 150 years and through multiple public health emergencies and beyond.

House

Recognizes Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists for their long service and contributions to health care and military medical readiness

Latest action: Fri Jan 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Hospital Week, to be observed from May 11 through May 17, 2025.

Senate

Expresses Senate support for the goals and ideals of National Hospital Week in May 2025 and recognition of hospitals' role in patient care

Latest action: Wed May 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act

Senate

Modernize hospital inpatient services through proposed updates to how those services are structured and delivered

Latest action: Thu Jul 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veteran’s Choice Accountability Act

House

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate specialized care programs and review implementation of the VA Budget and Choice Improvement Act

Latest action: Thu Feb 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans Health Care Freedom Act

Senate

Require the Department of Veterans Affairs to run a three-year pilot letting enrolled veterans choose among VA, community care, and Veterans Care Agreement providers, then make that access standard

Latest action: Wed May 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

House

Provides full-year FY2025 continuing appropriations for federal agencies and extends multiple expiring health and other federal programs and authorities through FY2025

Latest action: Sat Mar 15 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026

House

Extends continuing appropriations for agriculture, the legislative branch, and military construction and veterans affairs, while continuing related extensions for fiscal year 2026

Latest action: Wed Nov 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026

House

Establishes lower-cost and transparency measures in health care pricing and billing oversight

Latest action: Tue Jul 21 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025

House

Eliminates Medicare critical access hospital qualification rules requiring specified distance from another hospital or prior state necessary-provider certification for rural hospitals

Latest action: Tue Jan 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Assuring Medicare’s Promise Act of 2025

House

Increase the net investment tax on higher income taxpayers and dedicate the added revenue to the Medicare Part A trust fund while requiring IRS guidance

Latest action: Wed Jan 22 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2025

House

Allows certain hospitals to receive additional Medicare graduate medical education payments for residents training in rural locations under qualifying programs

Latest action: Mon Feb 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Tyler’s Law

Senate

Establishes a measure titled Tyler’s Law without detailed policy text available in the bill metadata

Latest action: Tue Mar 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Tyler’s Law

House

Establish Tyler’s Law as a named measure now advancing through House committee review

Latest action: Tue Jul 21 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Prices on the Wall Act of 2026

House

Require posting grocery item prices on the wall to increase visible price information for consumers

Latest action: Tue Jul 21 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Funds multiple federal departments and agencies for the rest of FY2026, continues Homeland Security funding temporarily, and extends several expiring federal programs and authorities

Latest action: Tue Feb 03 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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