{"bill":{"id":"118-hr-7397","congress":118,"type":"HR","number":7397,"title":"To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute.","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2024-02-15","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"T000482","fullName":"Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]","party":"D","state":"MA","district":3}],"cosponsorsCount":15,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2024-12-17","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health."},"policyArea":"Health","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2024-12-17","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-02-16","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-02-15","text":"Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-02-15","text":"Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-02-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-02-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p>This bill establishes a statutory definition for <em>essential health system</em> under Medicare.</p><p>Under the bill, an <em>essential health system</em> is one that (1) is an acute care hospital that is paid under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system (excluding children’s, inpatient psychiatric, long-term care, rehabilitation hospitals, and certain cancer hospitals); (2) is a non-federal governmental or private nonprofit hospital; and (3) is a Medicaid disproportionate share hospital, has a Medicare disproportionate patient percentage of at least 35%, or has a Medicare disproportionate share hospital uncompensated care payment factor of 0.0005 or more.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->","updateDate":"2024-12-19T09:06:26Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":556,"ts":"2026-04-19T09:56:26.963Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=To%20amend%20title%20XVIII%20of%20the%20Social%20Security%20Act%20to%20establish"}]}}