United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 8098 (116th)
Hospital Competition Act of 2020
Introduced
25 August 2020
Last action
25 August 2020 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
Sponsors
Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN], Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Subjects
Healthcare, Transport
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Hospital Competition Act of 2020 This bill provides grants to states to improve hospital infrastructure, addresses anticompetitive mergers and practices by hospital systems, modifies the requirements for publishing the prices of the most common services used in hospitals, provides the Federal Trade Commission with additional oversight authority, and requires the development of a database to inform patients about the cost, quality, and value of their care.
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Timeline
25 August 2020
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
25 August 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 August 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 25 August 2020 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019
- related to → Know the Price Act
- related to → A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the full disclosure of billing and service information to patients.
- related to → Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019
- related to ← Fair Care Act of 2020
- related to ← Fair Care Act of 2020
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8098
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8098
- us · 116-hr-8098 · source updated 3 January 2025