US Congress House Bill 5927 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 25 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-07-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 This bill delays the date upon which the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may make Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for hospitals publicly available. With respect to such ratings, HHS shall: (1) make publicly available detailed information on the methodology used, (2) have the validity and accuracy of such methodology independently confirmed, and (3) provide a public comment period of specified duration. HHS may not make the ratings publicly available until the later of July 31, 2017, or the date upon which the bill's requirements are satisfied. In the event that such ratings have already been published on a specified website, HHS shall remove them and not republish them until the bill's requirements have been satisfied.

Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016

Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]

Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2016-07-25	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5927/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5927/BILLS-114hr5927ih.pdf