Protecting Taxpayers from Fraudulent Providers Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8865 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8865

   To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude providers
convicted of certain fraud-related criminal offenses from participation
         in Federal health care programs on a permanent basis.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2026

 Mr. Stauber introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL

   To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude providers
convicted of certain fraud-related criminal offenses from participation
         in Federal health care programs on a permanent basis.

    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 ``Protecting Taxpayers from Fraudulent
Providers Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUDING PROVIDERS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN FRAUD-RELATED CRIMINAL
              OFFENSES FROM PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL HEALTH CARE
              PROGRAMS ON A PERMANENT BASIS.

    Section 1128 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7) is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subparagraph
                (G)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (G) and (H)'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``In the case
                of'' and inserting ``Subject to subparagraph (H), in
                the case of''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new
                subparagraph:
    ``(H) In the case of an exclusion of an individual or entity under
subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3) based on a conviction occurring on or after
the date of the enactment of this subparagraph relating to fraud,
theft, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary responsibility, or other
financial misconduct, the period of the exclusion shall be
permanent.'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)(B)(i), by inserting ``(other than
        such an exclusion under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3) based on a
        conviction occurring on or after the date of the enactment of
        subsection (c)(3)(H) relating to fraud, theft, embezzlement,
        breach of fiduciary responsibility, or other financial
        misconduct)'' after ``paragraph (2)''; and
            (3) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following
        new paragraph:
    ``(4) The preceding provisions of this subsection shall not apply
with respect to an exclusion of an individual or entity under
subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3) based on a conviction occurring on or after
the date of the enactment of this paragraph relating to fraud, theft,
embezzlement, breach of fiduciary responsibility, or other financial
misconduct.''.
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