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No Fees for EFTs Act


Introduced on November 28, 2023

November 28, 2023 Referred to a Committee

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118th CONGRESS   1st Session                                 H. R. 6487  To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit health plans     from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic funds   transfers and health care payment and remittance advice transactions,                          and for other purposes.                                                                                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                            November 28, 2023  Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mr. Griffith, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Kilmer,    Mr. Bera, and Ms. Schrier) introduced the following bill; which was   referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to     the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently     determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such   provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned                                                                                                          A BILL    To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit health plans     from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic funds   transfers and health care payment and remittance advice transactions,                          and for other purposes.     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the  United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.     This Act may be cited as the ``No Fees for EFTs Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITING HEALTH PLANS FROM IMPOSING FEES ON HEALTH CARE                PROVIDERS FOR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS AND HEALTH CARE                PAYMENT AND REMITTANCE ADVICE TRANSACTIONS.     Section 1173(g)(4)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.  1320d-2(g)(4)(B)(ii)) is amended--             (1) in subclause (I), by striking at the end ``and'';             (2) in subclause (II), by striking at the end the period          and inserting ``; and''; and             (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:                                     ``(III) prohibit the imposition of                                  any charge, fee, or other payment                                  (including through a withhold from                                  payment) by a health plan or entity                                  completing the transaction on the                                  plan's behalf, on a health care                                  provider for electronic fund transfers                                  and health care payment and remittance                                  advice transactions made on or after                                  January 1, 2024.''.                                  
118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6487 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit health plans from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic funds transfers and health care payment and remittance advice transactions, and for other purposes.                                                                         IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 28, 2023 Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mr. Griffith, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Bera, and Ms. Schrier) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned                                                                         A BILL To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit health plans from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic funds transfers and health care payment and remittance advice transactions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Fees for EFTs Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITING HEALTH PLANS FROM IMPOSING FEES ON HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS AND HEALTH CARE PAYMENT AND REMITTANCE ADVICE TRANSACTIONS. Section 1173(g)(4)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(g)(4)(B)(ii)) is amended-- (1) in subclause (I), by striking at the end ``and''; (2) in subclause (II), by striking at the end the period and inserting ``; and''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause: ``(III) prohibit the imposition of any charge, fee, or other payment (including through a withhold from payment) by a health plan or entity completing the transaction on the plan's behalf, on a health care provider for electronic fund transfers and health care payment and remittance advice transactions made on or after January 1, 2024.''.

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November 28, 2023HouseIntroduced
November 28, 2023HouseReferred to a Committee