H.R. 3021 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Empowering Patient Choice of Medical Care Act
Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2025-04-24
Latest action (2025-04-24): Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
What H.R. 3021 does, in plain terms
Empowering Patient Choice of Medical Care Act This bill prohibits the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from refusing to designate a service as a covered hospital outpatient service under Medicare based solely on its determination that the service can only be furnished in an inpatient setting.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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