House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Preventing Racism in Medicare Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7207.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 19, February 1, 2024, Page H389):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from including the development of anti-racism plans as a qualifying clinical practice improvement activity under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2024 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 284 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7207, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7207
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gary Palmer.
- H.R. 1023 (118th) Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act
- H.R. 300 (118th) Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2023
- H.R. 4316 (118th) Citizen Ballot Protection Act
- H.R. 3309 (118th) Standard FEES Act
- H.Res. 1300 (118th) Condemning campus protest backers.
- H.R. 1022 (118th) 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.