Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8823 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8823

To amend the Federal Employees' Compensation Act to allow the Secretary
    of Labor to suspend payments to medical providers who have been
                          convicted of fraud.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2026

Mr. Mackenzie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Federal Employees' Compensation Act to allow the Secretary
    of Labor to suspend payments to medical providers who have been
                          convicted of fraud.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Putting Patients First by
Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act''.

SEC. 2. FRAUD CONVICTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 8103 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``These expenses'' and
        inserting ``Subject to subsection (c), these expenses'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``The Secretary, under''
        and inserting ``Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary,
        under''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c)(1) The Secretary of Labor may suspend payments to a provider
of services, appliances, or supplies furnished pursuant to subsection
(a), or vouchers or certifications described in subsection (b) for the
expenses incurred by the employing agency with respect to such a
provider, if the provider has been convicted of fraud with respect to--
            ``(A) this subchapter;
            ``(B) any Federal health care benefit program (as defined
        in section 24 of title 18, United States Code); or
            ``(C) any State program for which payments are made to
        providers for services, appliances, or supplies similar to such
        services, appliances, or supplies provided pursuant to this
        subchapter.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this
subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply to
payments made to a provider of services, appliances, or supplies on or
after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.
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