Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act
- Bill Number
- S. 729
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Health
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-02-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Last Updated
- 2026-02-02T20:30:42Z
Official Summary
Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act
This bill increases the monetary penalties for noncompliance with the requirement that hospitals publish, and periodically update, a list of their standard charges for items and services.
The bill increases the maximum daily penalty as follows:
- for hospitals with 30 or fewer beds, from $300 to $600 per day;
- for hospitals with 31 through 550 beds, from $10 to $20 per bed, per day;
- for hospitals with greater than 550 beds, from $5,500 to $11,000 per hospital, per day.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also must periodically publish the name of each hospital that is not in compliance with the price transparency requirements.
Sponsor
Recent Actions
- 2025-02-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2025-02-25: Introduced in Senate
Bill Versions
- Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act — issued 2025-02-25 — PDF (5 pages)