H.R. 2027: Expanding Patients' Access to Quality Care Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-05-16 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-05-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Expanding Patients' Access to Quality Care Act of 2013

Plain summary

Expanding Patients' Access to Quality Care Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to: (1) the limitation on certain physician referrals to hospitals in which the physician or an immediate family member has an ownership or investment interest exceeding a specified amount; and (2) the rural provider and hospital exception to the physician ownership or investment prohibition. Extends the rural provider and hospital exception to hospitals that were under construction or development as of December 30, 2010, and hospitals in financial distress. Defines "financial distress" for a cost reporting period as one in which a hospital has had an overall negative combined Medicare inpatient prospective payment system and outpatient prospective payment system operating margin for the most recent three consecutive cost reporting periods for which data are available. Eliminates the process for applying for such an exception for expansions of hospital facility capacity. Limits increases in facility capacity to those hospitals that have had a previous increase.

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Official text

Expanding Patients' Access to Quality Care Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] · 35 cosponsors

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André Carson (D-IN), Todd Young (R-IN), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Steve Womack (R-AR), David Schweikert (R-AZ), James Lankford (R-OK), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr2027.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2027 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113