H.R. 3561 · 118th Congress

PATIENT Act of 2023

Introduced on May 22, 2023 by Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5). 88 cosponsors, 42 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 17, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 22, 2023
Cosponsors
88
42 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To promote hospital and insurer price transparency, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Appropriations
  • Business records
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Community life and organization
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Digestive and metabolic diseases
  • Freedom of information
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Home and outpatient care
  • Hospital care
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Medicaid
  • Medical education
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Medicare
  • National and community service
  • Prescription drugs
  • State and local finance
  • State and local government operations

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Cathy McMorris RodgersR-WA-5Sponsor

Democrats · 42

Republicans · 46

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. May 22, 2023Introduced in House
  2. May 22, 2023Introduced in House
  3. May 22, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
  4. May 22, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
  5. May 22, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
  6. May 24, 2023 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  7. May 24, 2023 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
  8. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. INDEPENDENT PHARMACY COOPERATIVE10 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INDEPENDENT PHARMACY COOPERATIVEAI match · 99%
  2. Indiana University Health, Inc.10 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH, INC.$1.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. The MetroHealth System10 reports
    $690K reported (all issues)
  4. American Medical Association9 reports
    Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  5. Infusion Providers Alliance8 reports
    $135K reported (all issues)
  6. PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION8 reports
    $10.1M reported (all issues)
  7. AMGEN INC.7 reports
    $15.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMGEN INC.AI match · 99%
  8. American Association of Teaching Health Centers6 reports
    $225K reported (all issues)
  9. Association of American Medical Colleges6 reports
    $492.9K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESAI match · 100%
  10. HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.6 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  11. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA6 reports
    $37.4M reported (all issues)
  12. 340B HEALTH5 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  13. AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS5 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  14. AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)5 reports
    $14.2M reported (all issues)
  15. AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL5 reports
  16. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC5 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  17. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS5 reports
    $564.3K reported (all issues)
  18. AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION$78.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  19. AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  20. ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION5 reports
    $375K reported (all issues)
  21. ARUP Laboratories, Inc.5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ARUP LABORATORIES INC$10.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  22. ASCENSION HEALTH ALLIANCE D/B/A ASCENSION5 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  23. Alliance to Fight for Health Care5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  24. American Investment Council f/k/a PEGCC5 reports
    $3.8M reported (all issues)
  25. BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  26. CAMBIA HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC.5 reports
    $3.2M reported (all issues)
  27. CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES5 reports
    $860.7K reported (all issues)
  28. CHRISTUS Health System5 reports
    $550K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CHRISTUS HEALTH$160.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  29. COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS5 reports
    $868.1K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS$18M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  30. CVS HEALTH5 reports
    $11M reported (all issues)
  31. California Hospital Association5 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  32. Cambia Health Solutions (formerly known as The Regence Group)5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  33. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute5 reports
    $348.9K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.$933K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  34. GSK (fka GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.)5 reports
    $6.3M reported (all issues)
  35. HIGHMARK INC.5 reports
    $830K reported (all issues)
  36. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC.5 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTONAI match · 97%
  37. Kindred Healthcare d/b/a ScionHealth (fka Kindred Healthcare Operating, Inc)5 reports
    $195K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: KINDRED HEALTHCARE OPERATING INCAI match · 100%
  38. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION5 reports
    $16.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$13.3B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  39. MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC5 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  40. MUTUAL OF OMAHA5 reports
    $490K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.