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S. 729In committee
Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act
Introduced: Feb 25, 2025
Latest action date: Feb 25, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Congress
- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Feb 25, 2025
- Recorded roll calls
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Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.
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What this bill does
Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act
This bill increases the monetary penalties for noncompliance with the requirement that hospitals publish, and periodically update, a list of their standard charges for items and services.
The bill increases the maximum daily penalty as follows:
- for hospitals with 30 or fewer beds, from $300 to $600 per day;
- for hospitals with 31 through 550 beds, from $10 to $20 per bed, per day;
- for hospitals with greater than 550 beds, from $5,500 to $11,000 per hospital, per day.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also must periodically publish the name of each hospital that is not in compliance with the price transparency requirements.
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Health
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Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCivil actions and liabilityEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceHospital careInfectious and parasitic diseases
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Checked against Congress.gov Oct 17, 2026.
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IntroReferralLibrary of CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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