House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Sep 26, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and 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. 5582.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JAMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4502):Pursuant to clause 7(c)(1) of Rule XII the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the U.S. Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- 202 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5582, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5582
- 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
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Ken Calvert (R-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 2355 (119th) Patients Deserve Price Tags ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 8324 (119th) Great American Healthcare PlanRelated bill
- H.R. 9117 (119th) CHECK Act of 2026Related bill
- S. 3389 (119th) Lowering Health Care Costs for Americans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.