Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act

House Bill 7168 - Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act: Overview, Status, and Impact

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Explore the details of House Bill 7168 Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on Health. Stay informed on legislative developments.

2/8/2022, 11:16 PM

Congressional Summary of HR 7168

Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act

This bill provides for an exception, during the national emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that prohibit physician-owned hospitals from expanding facility capacity.

Specifically, the bill excludes from such restrictions any increase in operating rooms, procedure rooms, or beds for which a hospital is licensed or begins construction during the period of March 13, 2020, through the last day of the national emergency.

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Current Status of Bill HR 7168

Bill HR 7168 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since June 11, 2020. Bill HR 7168 was introduced during Congress 116 and was introduced to the House on June 11, 2020. Bill HR 7168's most recent activity was Referred 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. as of June 11, 2020

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 7168

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Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 7168

Primary Policy Focus

Health

Potential Impact Areas

- Business ethics

- Cardiovascular and respiratory health

- Emergency medical services and trauma care

- Health facilities and institutions

- Infectious and parasitic diseases

- Licensing and registrations

- Medicaid

- Medical ethics

- Medicare

- Rural conditions and development

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 7168

Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive limitations on expansion of facility capacity under rural provider and hospital exception to ownership or investment prohibition during coronavirus 2020 emergency period.

Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act