House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise certain physician self-referral exemptions relating to physician-owned hospitals.
Sponsor: Rep. H. Griffith R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2191.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 50, March 18, 2025, Page H1172):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution as well as Amendment XVISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2191, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2191
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
33 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 33 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Earl Carter (R-GA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), J. Correa (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), John Joyce (R-PA), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Robert Onder (R-MO), Burgess Owens (R-UT), August Pfluger (R-TX), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Austin Scott (R-GA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Valadao (R-CA), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. H. Griffith.
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- H.R. 3632 (119th) Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025
- H.R. 6028 (119th) Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act
- H.Res. 1075 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy…
- H.Res. 1275 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5625) to direct the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of each State and…
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
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