H.R. 4002 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025
Cosponsors: 12 (1 D, 11 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2025-06-12
Latest action (2025-06-12): 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. 4002 does, in plain terms
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025 This bill repeals provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that limit, for purposes of Medicare participation, self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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