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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[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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Protecting Taxpayers from Fraudulent Providers Act of 2026

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