H.R. 977 · 118th Congress

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023

Introduced on Feb 10, 2023 by Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26). 56 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 17, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 10, 2023
Cosponsors
56
1 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 repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals.

Subjects

  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health personnel
  • Medicaid
  • Medical ethics

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.

Michael C. BurgessR-TX-26Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 55

Withdrawn cosponsors

Roll calls

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

History

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  1. Feb 10, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Feb 10, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Feb 10, 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.
  4. Feb 10, 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.
  5. Feb 17, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  6. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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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. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION10 reports
    $32.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY7 reports
    $330K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS5 reports
    $190K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  5. American Medical Association5 reports
    $30.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  6. COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS5 reports
    $868.1K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS$18M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  7. California Hospital Association5 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  8. CharterCARE Health Partners5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  9. Cleveland Clinic Foundation5 reports
    Federal contractor: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$1.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. Congress of Neurological Surgeons5 reports
    $190K reported (all issues)
  11. FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS5 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)
  12. HCA5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  13. HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.5 reports
    $4.1M reported (all issues)
  14. National Taxpayers Union5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  15. Physician-Led Healthcare for America (formerly Physician Hospitals of America)5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  16. Physicians Advocacy Institute5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  17. THE HOSPITAL AND HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA5 reports
    $340K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE HOSPITAL AND HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIAAI match · 100%
  18. Americans for Prosperity3 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  19. Florida Hospital Association1 report
  20. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER1 report
    $260K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.