Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025

Issues: ACA Healthcare tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security; Community Health + Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Anti-tiering, Anti-steering; Program integrity in the individual marketplace; Artificial Intelligence; Individual Market Reforms and eAPTC Extension; Health Savings Accounts; Direct to Consumer Marketing; Mental Health Parity Rule; Healthcare Affordability Bills: S.4027 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] H.R.6248 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] H.R.1909 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] H.R.1197 - PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] S.931 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] S.958 - Tech to Save Moms Act To support the use of technology in maternal health care, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] H.R.5629 - To provide that the final rule of the Department of Health and Human Services titled "Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder", except for the portion of the final rule relating to accreditation of opioid treatment programs, shall have no force or effect. To provide that the final rule of the Department of Health and Human Services titled Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, except for the portion of the final rule relating to accreditation of opioid treatment programs, shall have no force or effect. Sponsor: Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9] H.R.1627 - TREATS Act To amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow for the use of telehealth in substance use disorder treatment, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]

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ACA Healthcare tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security; Community Health + Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Anti-tiering, Anti-steering; Program integrity in the individual marketplace; Artificial Intelligence; Individual Market Reforms and eAPTC Extension; Health Savings Accounts; Direct to Consumer Marketing; Mental Health Parity Rule; Healthcare Affordability; Rural Health S.4027 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] H.R.6248 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] H.R.1909 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] H.R.5629 - To provide that the final rule of the Department of Health and Human Services titled "Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder", except for the portion of the final rule relating to accreditation of opioid treatment programs, shall have no force or effect. To provide that the final rule of the Department of Health and Human Services titled Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, except for the portion of the final rule relating to accreditation of opioid treatment programs, shall have no force or effect. Sponsor: Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9] H.R.1627 - TREATS Act To amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow for the use of telehealth in substance use disorder treatment, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]

ACA Healthcare tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security; Community Health + Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Anti-tiering, Anti-steering; Program integrity in the individual marketplace; Artificial Intelligence; Individual Market Reforms and eAPTC Extension; Health Savings Accounts; Direct to Consumer Marketing; Mental Health Parity Rule; Healthcare Affordability S.4027 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] H.R.6248 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] H.R.1909 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] H.R.1197 - PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] S.931 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] S.958 - Tech to Save Moms Act To support the use of technology in maternal health care, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] H.R.5629 - To provide that the final rule of the Department of Health and Human Services titled "Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder", except for the portion of the final rule relating to accreditation of opioid treatment programs, shall have no force or effect. To provide that the final rule of the Department of Health and Human Services titled Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, except for the portion of the final rule relating to accreditation of opioid treatment programs, shall have no force or effect. Sponsor: Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9] H.R.1627 - TREATS Act To amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow for the use of telehealth in substance use disorder treatment, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]

HCR - Health Issues Issues: Affordable Care Act (ACA), ACA subsidies and tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; ACA Fraud; Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Rural healthcare; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security; Provider Directories; Community Health + Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Anti-tiering, Anti-steering; Community Health; Program integrity in the individual marketplace; Federal Budget Process; Artificial Intelligence; Vaccine Coverage; Marketplace Renewal Notices; Cell and Gene Therapies; Food as Medicine; Health Disparities; Individual Market Reforms and eAPTC Extension; Health Savings Accounts Bills: H.R.3417 - FAIR Act (118th) To ensure fair billing practices for items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (118th) H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (118th) To promote price transparency in the health care sector, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] H.R.2483 - Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] S.2121 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] S.46 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] H.R.247 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] H.R.3237 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] S.5535 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2571 - Self-Insurance Protection Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3] H.R.2079 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] S.976 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] H.R.3419 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] H.R.2493 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] S.2301 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] H.R.4262 To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] H.R.3302 - Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Healthy Start Initiative. Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] H.R.2528 - Association Health Plans Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] S.931 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] H.R.6703 - Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act To ensure access to affordable health insurance. Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] S.2497 - Fair Billing Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require a separate identification number and an attestation for each off-campus outpatient department of a provider. Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] H.R.5972 - Right to Enroll Act of 2025 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend the annual open enrollment period for enrolling in a qualified health plan offered by an Exchange for plan year 2026. Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] H.R.6232 - HOPE Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the enhanced premium tax credit, and to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make certain adjustments to the operation of the Exchanges established under such Act. Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] H.R.5463 - Choice Arrangement To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of employer-provided health reimbursement arrangements that are integrated with individual market coverage, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]

Affordable Care Act (ACA), ACA subsidies and tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; ACA Fraud;  Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Rural healthcare; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Anti-tiering, Anti-steering; Federal Budget Process; Artificial Intelligence; Vaccine Coverage; Marketplace Renewal Notices; Food as Medicine; Individual Market Reforms and eAPTC Extension; Health Savings Accounts; Critical Access Hospitals; Healthcare workforce shortage S. 1451 Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3120 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] S.2903 - Safe Step Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] H.R.3417 - FAIR Act (118th) To ensure fair billing practices for items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (118th) H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (118th) To promote price transparency in the health care sector, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] H.R.2483 - Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] S.2121 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] H.R.1909 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] H.R.1197 - PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] S.46 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] H.R.247 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] H.R.3237 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] S.5535 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2079 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] S.976 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] H.R.3419 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] H.R.2493 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] S.2301 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] H.R.3593 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] S.1874 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] H.R.2528 - Association Health Plans Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] S.931 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] H.R.6703 - Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act To ensure access to affordable health insurance. Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] S.2497 - Fair Billing Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require a separate identification number and an attestation for each off-campus outpatient department of a provider. Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] H.R.5972 - Right to Enroll Act of 2025 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend the annual open enrollment period for enrolling in a qualified health plan offered by an Exchange for plan year 2026. Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] H.R.6232 - HOPE Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the enhanced premium tax credit, and to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make certain adjustments to the operation of the Exchanges established under such Act. Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] S.958 - Tech to Save Moms Act To support the use of technology in maternal health care, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] H.R.5463 - Choice Arrangement To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of employer-provided health reimbursement arrangements that are integrated with individual market coverage, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]

Issues: Affordable Care Act (ACA), ACA subsidies and tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; ACA Fraud; Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Rural healthcare; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security; Provider Directories; Community Health + Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Anti-tiering, Anti-steering; Community Health; Program integrity in the individual marketplace; Federal Budget Process; Artificial Intelligence; Vaccine Coverage; Marketplace Renewal Notices; Cell and Gene Therapies; Food as Medicine; Health Disparities; Individual Market Reforms and eAPTC Extension; Health Savings Accounts Bills: S. 1451 Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3120 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] S.2903 - Safe Step Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] H.R.3417 - FAIR Act (118th) To ensure fair billing practices for items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (118th) H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (118th) To promote price transparency in the health care sector, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] H.R.2483 - Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] S.2121 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] H.R.1909 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] H.R.1197 - PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] S.46 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] H.R.247 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] H.R.3237 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] S.5535 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2571 - Self-Insurance Protection Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3] H.R.3277 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] S.1677 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] H.R.2079 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] S.976 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] H.R.3419 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] H.R.2493 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] S.2301 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] H.R.4262 To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] H.R.3302 - Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Healthy Start Initiative. Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] H.R.3593 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] S.1874 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] H.R.2528 - Association Health Plans Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] S.931 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] H.R.6703 - Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act To ensure access to affordable health insurance. Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] S.2497 - Fair Billing Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require a separate identification number and an attestation for each off-campus outpatient department of a provider. Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] H.R.5972 - Right to Enroll Act of 2025 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend the annual open enrollment period for enrolling in a qualified health plan offered by an Exchange for plan year 2026. Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] H.R.6232 - HOPE Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the enhanced premium tax credit, and to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make certain adjustments to the operation of the Exchanges established under such Act. Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] S.958 - Tech to Save Moms Act To support the use of technology in maternal health care, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] H.R.5463 - Choice Arrangement To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of employer-provided health reimbursement arrangements that are integrated with individual market coverage, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]

Affordable Care Act (ACA), ACA subsidies and tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; ACA Fraud; Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Rural healthcare; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security; Provider Directories; Community Health + Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Anti-tiering, Anti-steering; Community Health; Program integrity in the individual marketplace; Federal Budget Process; Artificial Intelligence; Vaccine Coverage; Marketplace Renewal Notices; Cell and Gene Therapies; Food as Medicine; Health Disparities; Individual Market Reforms and eAPTC Extension; Health Savings Accounts S. 1451 Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3120 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] S.2903 - Safe Step Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] H.R.3417 - FAIR Act (118th) To ensure fair billing practices for items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (118th) H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (118th) To promote price transparency in the health care sector, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] H.R.2483 - Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] S.2121 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] H.R.1909 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] H.R.1197 - PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] S.46 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] H.R.247 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] H.R.3237 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] S.5535 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2571 - Self-Insurance Protection Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3] H.R.3277 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] S.1677 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] H.R.2079 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] S.976 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] H.R.3419 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] H.R.2493 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] S.2301 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] H.R.4262 To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] H.R.3302 - Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Healthy Start Initiative. Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] H.R.3593 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] S.1874 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] H.R.2528 - Association Health Plans Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] S.931 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] H.R.6703 - Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act To ensure access to affordable health insurance. Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] S.2497 - Fair Billing Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require a separate identification number and an attestation for each off-campus outpatient department of a provider. Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] H.R.5972 - Right to Enroll Act of 2025 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend the annual open enrollment period for enrolling in a qualified health plan offered by an Exchange for plan year 2026. Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] H.R.6232 - HOPE Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the enhanced premium tax credit, and to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make certain adjustments to the operation of the Exchanges established under such Act. Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] S.958 - Tech to Save Moms Act To support the use of technology in maternal health care, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] H.R.5463 - Choice Arrangement To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of employer-provided health reimbursement arrangements that are integrated with individual market coverage, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]

Issues: Affordable Care Act (ACA), ACA subsidies and tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; ACA Fraud; Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Rural healthcare; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security; Provider Directories; Health Equity + Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Anti-tiering, Anti-steering; Health Equity; Program integrity in the individual marketplace; Federal Budget Process; Artificial Intelligence; Vaccine Coverage; Marketplace Renewal Notices; Cell and Gene Therapies; Food as Medicine Bills: S. 1451 Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3120 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] S.2903 - Safe Step Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] S.1869 - SITE Act (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure fair billing practice for items and services furnished by off-campus hospital locations, to amend such title XVIII to provide for payments for graduate nursing education costs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3417 - FAIR Act (118th) To ensure fair billing practices for items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (118th) H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (118th) To promote price transparency in the health care sector, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] H.R.2483 - Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] S.2121 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] S.1261 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] H.R.4206 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] H.R. 6033, SPEAK Act To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a task force to improve access to health care information technology for non-English speakers. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] H.R.1909 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] H.R.1197 - PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] S.46 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] H.R.247 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] H.R.3237 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] S.5535 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] S.1973 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] H.R.4231 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] S.1004 - Pregnant and Postpartum Women Treatment Reauthorization Act To reauthorize the program to support residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] H.R.2571 - Self-Insurance Protection Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3] H.R.3277 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] S.1677 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] H.R.2079 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] S.976 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] H.R.3419 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] H.R.2493 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] S.2301 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] H.R.4262 To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] H.R.3302 - Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Healthy Start Initiative. Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] H.R.3593 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] S.1874 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] H.R.2528 - Association Health Plans Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] S.931 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

Issues: Affordable Care Act (ACA), ACA subsidies and tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; ACA Fraud; Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Rural healthcare; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security; Provider Directories; Health Equity + Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Anti-tiering, Anti-steering; Health Equity; Program integrity in the individual marketplace; Federal Budget Process; Artificial Intelligence; Vaccine Coverage; Marketplace Renewal Notices; Cell and Gene Therapies; Food as Medicine Bills: S. 1451 Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3120 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] S.2903 - Safe Step Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] S.1869 - SITE Act (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure fair billing practice for items and services furnished by off-campus hospital locations, to amend such title XVIII to provide for payments for graduate nursing education costs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3417 - FAIR Act (118th) To ensure fair billing practices for items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (118th) H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (118th) To promote price transparency in the health care sector, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] H.R.2483 - Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] S.2121 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] S.1261 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] H.R.4206 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] H.R. 6033, SPEAK Act To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a task force to improve access to health care information technology for non-English speakers. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] H.R.1909 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] H.R.1197 - PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] S.46 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] H.R.247 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] H.R.3237 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] S.5535 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] S.1973 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] H.R.4231 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] S.1004 - Pregnant and Postpartum Women Treatment Reauthorization Act To reauthorize the program to support residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] H.R.2571 - Self-Insurance Protection Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3] H.R.3277 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] S.1677 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] H.R.2079 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] S.976 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] H.R.3419 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] H.R.2493 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] S.2301 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] H.R.4262 To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] H.R.3302 - Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Healthy Start Initiative. Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] H.R.3593 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] S.1874 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] H.R.2528 - Association Health Plans Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] S.931 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

Affordable Care Act (ACA), ACA subsidies and tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; ACA Fraud; Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Rural healthcare; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security; Provider Directories; Health Equity + Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Anti-tiering, Anti-steering; Health Equity; Program integrity in the individual marketplace; Federal Budget Process; Artificial Intelligence; Vaccine Coverage; Marketplace Renewal Notices; Cell and Gene Therapies; Food as Medicine S. 1451 Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3120 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] S.2903 - Safe Step Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] S.1869 - SITE Act (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure fair billing practice for items and services furnished by off-campus hospital locations, to amend such title XVIII to provide for payments for graduate nursing education costs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3417 - FAIR Act (118th) To ensure fair billing practices for items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (118th) H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (118th) To promote price transparency in the health care sector, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] H.R.2483 - Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] S.2121 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] S.1261 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] H.R.4206 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] H.R. 6033, SPEAK Act To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a task force to improve access to health care information technology for non-English speakers. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] H.R.1909 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] H.R.1197 - PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] S.46 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] H.R.247 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] H.R.3237 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] S.5535 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] S.1973 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] H.R.4231 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] S.1004 - Pregnant and Postpartum Women Treatment Reauthorization Act To reauthorize the program to support residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] H.R.2571 - Self-Insurance Protection Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3] H.R.3277 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] S.1677 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] H.R.2079 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] S.976 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] H.R.3419 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] H.R.2493 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] S.2301 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] H.R.4262 To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] H.R.3302 - Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Healthy Start Initiative. Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] H.R.3593 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] S.1874 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] H.R.2528 - Association Health Plans Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] S.931 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

Affordable Care Act (ACA), ACA subsidies and tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; ACA Fraud; Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Rural healthcare; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security; Health Equity + Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Health Equity; Program integrity in the individual marketplace; Federal Budget Process; Artificial Intelligence; Vaccine Coverage; Marketplace Renewal Notices; Food as Medicine Bills: S. 1451 Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3120 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] S.1869 - SITE Act (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure fair billing practice for items and services furnished by off-campus hospital locations, to amend such title XVIII to provide for payments for graduate nursing education costs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3417 - FAIR Act (118th) To ensure fair billing practices for items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (118th) H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (118th) To promote price transparency in the health care sector, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] S.1261 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] H.R.4206 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] H.R.1909 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] H.R.1197 - PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] S.46 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] H.R.247 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] H.R.3237 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] S.5535 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] S.1973 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] H.R.4231 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] S.1004 - Pregnant and Postpartum Women Treatment Reauthorization Act To reauthorize the program to support residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] H.R.2079 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] S.976 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] H.R.3419 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] H.R.2493 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] S.2301 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] H.R.4262 To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] H.R.2528 - Association Health Plans Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] S.931 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

Issues: Affordable Care Act (ACA), ACA subsidies and tax credits; Telehealth/ telehealth flexibilities; ACA Fraud; Transparency in coverage; Surprise Billing; 2025 Proposed NBPP/Individual Market/ACA exchanges; Rural healthcare; Prior Authorization; Hospital Consolidation; Employer-provided health coverage; Cyber Attack/ Cyber Security; Provider Directories; Health Equity + Maternal Health; Hospital Billing; Anti-tiering, Anti-steering; Health Equity; Program integrity in the individual marketplace; Federal Budget Process; Artificial Intelligence; Vaccine Coverage; Marketplace Renewal Notices; Cell and Gene Therapies; Food as Medicine Bills: S. 1451 Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3120 - Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (118th) To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] S.2903 - Safe Step Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] S.1869 - SITE Act (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure fair billing practice for items and services furnished by off-campus hospital locations, to amend such title XVIII to provide for payments for graduate nursing education costs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] H.R.3417 - FAIR Act (118th) To ensure fair billing practices for items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (118th) H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (118th) To promote price transparency in the health care sector, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] H.R.2483 - Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] S.2121 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] S.1261 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] H.R.4206 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] H.R. 6033, SPEAK Act To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a task force to improve access to health care information technology for non-English speakers. Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45] H.R.1909 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] H.R.1197 - PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] S.46 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] H.R.247 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] H.R.3237 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] S.5535 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] S.1973 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] H.R.4231 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] S.1004 - Pregnant and Postpartum Women Treatment Reauthorization Act To reauthorize the program to support residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] H.R.2571 - Self-Insurance Protection Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3] H.R.3277 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] S.1677 - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] H.R.2079 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] S.976 - Insurance Fraud Accountability Act To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] H.R.4710 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] S.2420 - No Surprises Act Enforcement Act To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.3841 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] S.1851 - Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2025 To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] H.R.3419 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] H.R.2493 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] S.2301 - Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] H.R.4262 To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] H.R.3302 - Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Healthy Start Initiative. Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] H.R.3593 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] S.1874 - Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] H.R.2528 - Association Health Plans Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] H.R.2509 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] S.931 - COMPLETE Care Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for behavioral health integration. Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

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