H.R. 525: Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act of 2019
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H.R. 525: Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act of 2019
116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-11 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act of 2019
Plain summary
Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act of 2019 This bill establishes statutory authority and requirements for a partnership between health insurance plans, government agencies, law enforcement, and health care organizations in order to detect and prevent health care waste, fraud, and abuse. The partnership must be established under the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program, which is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Among other requirements, the partnership must (1) promote data sharing between partners, (2) analyze data to identify fraudulent practices, (3) refer potential criminal cases to law enforcement, and (4) conduct education and outreach. Currently, HHS and DOJ administer the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership. The purpose of the partnership is to address health care fraud through voluntary data sharing between public and private sectors; the partnership was created in 2012 through agency action. The bill transfers all functions, personnel, assets, liabilities, and administrative actions of this partnership to the partnership established under the bill.
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Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act of 2019
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] · 3 cosponsors
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Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Richard E. Neal (D-MA)
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr525.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr525 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116