H.R. 4002

Summary

H.R. 4002, the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jun 12, 2025 by Rep. Elizabeth Van Duyne (R) with 12 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Jun 12, 2025: 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.

Record

Text

H.R. 4002 has 12 co-sponsors.

119 HR 4002 IH: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-12
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4002  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 12, 2025   Ms. Van Duyne  (for herself,  Mr. Cuellar ,  Mr. Hern of Oklahoma ,  Mrs. Miller-Meeks ,  Mr. Biggs of Arizona ,  Mr. Yakym ,  Mr. Harris of Maryland ,  Mr. Dunn of Florida ,  Mr. Pfluger , and  Mr. McCormick ) introduced the following bill; which 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   A BILL
To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025  .
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Repeal of health care reform provisions limiting Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals
Sections 6001 and 10601 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ; 124 Stat. 684, 1005) and section 1106 of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–152 ; 124 Stat. 1049) are repealed and the provisions of law amended by such sections are restored as if such sections had never been enacted.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Elizabeth Van Duyne (R) sponsors H.R. 4002, and 12 members have co-sponsored it, 9 of them from the day it was introduced.

Elizabeth Van Duyne

Rep. · R–TX-24 · Sponsor

Introduced Jun 12, 2025

Andy Biggs

Rep. · R–AZ-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 12, 2025 · Original

Henry Cuellar

Rep. · D–TX-28 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 12, 2025 · Original

Neal Dunn

Rep. · R–FL-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 12, 2025 · Original

Andy Harris

Rep. · R–MD-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 12, 2025 · Original

Kevin Hern

Rep. · R–OK-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 12, 2025 · Original

Richard McCormick

Rep. · R–GA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 12, 2025 · Original

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Rep. · R–IA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 12, 2025 · Original

August Pfluger

Rep. · R–TX-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 12, 2025 · Original

Rudolph Yakym III

Rep. · R–IN-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 12, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 4002 went before 2 committees: Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Jun 12, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Jun 12, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4002 has taken 2 actions since Jun 12, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 4002 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 4002 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

12 clients hired 12 firms and 107 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4002 in 39 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Immigration, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Education, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Veterans.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 107.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4002 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4002’s is Health.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4002, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 101 (Thursday, June 12, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. VAN DUYNE:H.R. 4002.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H2823]

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