House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Burgess R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2023
- 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. 977.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURGESS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 28, February 10, 2023, Page H833):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Repealing the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitalsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 977, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/977
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 977, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
56 cosponsors — 55 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 56 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), A. Ferguson (R-GA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), John Joyce (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Burgess.
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- H.R. 3838 (118th) Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 3884 (118th) Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2023
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.