Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act amends the Public Health Service Act to enhance hospital price transparency.
The Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act amends the Public Health Service Act to enhance compliance with hospital price transparency requirements. It mandates that hospitals operating in the United States must establish and update a list of standard charges annually, with newly operating hospitals required to comply within six months of beginning operations. The Act prohibits hospitals from shielding required information from online search results through webpage coding. It imposes civil monetary penalties for non-compliance, with penalties varying based on hospital bed count.
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