House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Patient Choice and Access Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide that qualified health plans are not required to use a provider network.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 2, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 2, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9107.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RULLI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 93, June 2, 2026, Page H3775):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9107, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9107
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49c3d5fe76b120bb316ea3a253ecd0849f47dd7c87a3039d362e004809a93f47
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 July 1, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Aaron Bean (R-FL), H. Griffith (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Rulli.
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.