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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1140
5	5	To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to lower barriers to increase
6	6	patient access to health care.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	MARCH26, 2025
9	9	Mr. C
10	10	ASSIDY(for himself and Mr. PADILLA) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to lower
14	14	barriers to increase patient access to health care.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Accelerating 4
19	19	Consumer’s Care by Expediting Self-Scheduling Act’’ or 5
20	20	the ‘‘Health ACCESS Act’’. 6
21	21	SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1128B. 7
22	22	Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act (42 8
23	23	U.S.C. 1320a–7b(b)) is amended— 9
24	24	(1) in paragraph (3)— 10
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28	28	(A) by moving the left margins of subpara-1
29	29	graphs (J) and (K) 2 ems to the left; 2
30	30	(B) in subparagraph (K), by striking 3
31	31	‘‘and’’ at the end; 4
32	32	(C) in subparagraph (L), by striking the 5
33	33	period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 6
34	34	(D) by adding at the end the following new 7
35	35	subparagraph: 8
36	36	‘‘(M) any remuneration paid by a provider of 9
37	37	services (as defined in section 1861(u)) or a supplier 10
38	38	(as defined in section 1861(d)) to an information 11
39	39	service provider (as defined in paragraph (5)), if— 12
40	40	‘‘(i) such information service provider does 13
41	41	not— 14
42	42	‘‘(I) steer or lead a consumer to select 15
43	43	a particular provider of services or supplier 16
44	44	based on the amount a provider of services 17
45	45	or supplier pays or may pay the informa-18
46	46	tion service provider; 19
47	47	‘‘(II) provide, or represent itself as 20
48	48	providing, any medical items or services, 21
49	49	diagnostic or counseling services or assess-22
50	50	ments of illness or injury, or make any 23
51	51	promises of cure or guarantees of treat-24
52	52	ment; 25
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56	56	‘‘(III) provide contact information re-1
57	57	garding a consumer (as defined in para-2
58	58	graph (5)) to providers of services or sup-3
59	59	pliers, except to the specific provider of 4
60	60	services or supplier selected by the con-5
61	61	sumer; 6
62	62	‘‘(IV) provide or arrange for transpor-7
63	63	tation of an individual to, or from, the lo-8
64	64	cation of a provider of services or supplier; 9
65	65	‘‘(V) provide or arrange for the provi-10
66	66	sion of any other remuneration to a Fed-11
67	67	eral health care program beneficiary other 12
68	68	than the inherent convenience of the infor-13
69	69	mation service; or 14
70	70	‘‘(VI) engage in targeted marketing of 15
71	71	a particular provider or supplier through 16
72	72	phone calls or text messages, with respect 17
73	73	to consumers or potential consumers who 18
74	74	have not previously interacted with the in-19
75	75	formation service provider or who have 20
76	76	opted out; 21
77	77	‘‘(ii) the methodology for determining com-22
78	78	pensation paid to the information service pro-23
79	79	vider by a provider of services or supplier is set 24
80	80	in advance in writing, and the compensation: 25
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84	84	(I) does not exceed fair market value; (II) is for 1
85	85	services, specified in writing; and (III) does not 2
86	86	take into account the value of any items or 3
87	87	services payable in whole or in part by a Fed-4
88	88	eral health care program that result from rec-5
89	89	ommendations by the information service pro-6
90	90	vider for the provider of services or supplier; 7
91	91	‘‘(iii) such information service provider 8
92	92	clearly discloses the financial arrangement be-9
93	93	tween it and the providers of services or sup-10
94	94	pliers participating in such service to con-11
95	95	sumers; 12
96	96	‘‘(iv) such information service provider fur-13
97	97	nishes provider- and supplier-specific informa-14
98	98	tion to consumers based only on objective, con-15
99	99	sumer-centric criteria; 16
100	100	‘‘(v) such information service provider de-17
101	101	velops objective criteria for participation in such 18
102	102	information service and does not exclude any 19
103	103	providers of services or suppliers who meet such 20
104	104	criteria from participating therein; and 21
105	105	‘‘(vi) such information service provider 22
106	106	meets such other conditions as may be deter-23
107	107	mined appropriate by the Secretary.’’; and 24
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111	111	(E) by adding at the end the following new 1
112	112	paragraph: 2
113	113	‘‘(5) D
114	114	EFINITION OF CONSUMER; INFORMATION 3
115	115	S
116	116	ERVICEPROVIDER.—For purposes of paragraph (3)(M): 4
117	117	‘‘(A) C
118	118	ONSUMER.—The term ‘consumer’ means 5
119	119	an individual who uses a web-based platform oper-6
120	120	ated by an information service provider for the pur-7
121	121	pose of searching providers of services or suppliers. 8
122	122	‘‘(B) I
123	123	NFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDER .—The 9
124	124	term ‘information service provider’ means any indi-10
125	125	vidual or entity operating a web-based platform that 11
126	126	makes information regarding providers of services or 12
127	127	suppliers available to consumers.’’. 13
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