This bill amends the Social Security Act to prohibit health plans from charging health care providers any fees for electronic funds transfers and health care payment and remittance advice transactions.
Sec. 2, Prohibiting health plans from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic funds transfers and health care payment and remittance advice transactions: The bill amends section 1173(g)(4)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act to add a new subclause that prohibits health plans or entities completing transactions on their behalf from imposing any charge, fee, or other payment (including a withhold from payment) on a health care provider for electronic fund transfers and health care payment and remittance advice transactions made on or after January 1, 2024.
Summary of the bill text as introduced in House (Nov 28, 2023), generated by SecBot from the official bill text; the Library of Congress summary is not yet published.
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HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.Dec 17, 2024
HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.Dec 1, 2023
HouseIntroduced in HouseNov 28, 2023
HouseReferred 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.Nov 28, 2023
House Ways and Means CommitteeReferred To Nov 28, 2023
Subcommittee: Health SubcommitteeReferred to
House Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To Nov 28, 2023
Subcommittee: Health SubcommitteeReferred to
Sponsor and cosponsors18 cosponsors
Rep. Gregory Murphy (R-NC-3)Sponsor, Nov 28, 2023
Ami Bera (D-CA-6)OriginalJoined Nov 28, 2023
Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6)OriginalJoined Nov 28, 2023
H. Griffith (R-VA-9)OriginalJoined Nov 28, 2023
Kim Schrier (D-WA-8)OriginalJoined Nov 28, 2023
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1)OriginalJoined Nov 28, 2023
August Pfluger (R-TX-11)Joined Feb 14, 2024
Donald Davis (D-NC-1)Joined Feb 14, 2024
Lance Gooden (R-TX-5)Joined Feb 14, 2024
Pete Sessions (R-TX-17)Joined Feb 28, 2024
Jason Crow (D-CO-6)Joined Feb 29, 2024
Eleanor Norton (D-DC)Joined Apr 16, 2024
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6)Joined Apr 23, 2024
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)Joined May 7, 2024
Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2)Joined May 22, 2024
Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6)Joined Jul 24, 2024
J. Correa (D-CA-46)Joined Aug 13, 2024
Melanie Stansbury (D-NM-1)Joined Aug 13, 2024
Joseph Morelle (D-NY-25)Joined Sep 10, 2024
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Short titles
No Fees for EFTs ActShort Title(s) as Introduced
Official titles
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.Official Title as Introduced