House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Health Care Accountability Mission Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a civil monetary penalty for certain hospitals failing to comply with certain requirements where such failure immediately jeopardizes the health or safety of patients.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10311.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 142, September 8, 2026, Page H5520):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States, relating to Congress's authority to provide for the general welfare, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, relating to Congress's authority to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 360 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10311, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10311
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 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 September 9, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.