To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3237.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2312):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To promote price transparency among hospitals and insurers on behalf of patients and employers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3237, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3237

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef226fd8cd4714ee1c2f1653ffc0573769c7401a734ea131c9c4997a21fb25c9

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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