Bill · H.R. 751· House(119-HR-751)
HEALTH Panel Act
- Introduced
- 1/28/2025
- Last activity
- 1/28/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
- Sponsored by
- Earl Carter
- Cosponsors
- - 1 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "HEALTH Panel Act," seeks to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. It proposes to establish and codify a Panel of Health Advisors within the Congressional Budget Office. The Panel is tasked with providing technical expertise and recommendations to improve studies, analysis, and cost estimates regarding health and health care issues. Members of this 15-person panel would be appointed by various leadership figures in the House and Senate budget committees and the CBO Director. The panel's work involves reviewing health care legislation, cost estimates, and various official health-related publications.
Yes· 3 of 5
Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?+3
The bill improves the accuracy of cost estimates for health care legislation through technical expertise.
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?+2
The bill requires the publication of an annual report on the CBO public website.
Does this put more money into Medicare, the health coverage for people over 65?+1
The panel provides expertise on Medicare-related projections and studies.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Accuracy of Health Care Information: The Panel provides technical and functional expertise to improve the Congressional Budget Office's studies, analysis, and cost estimates related to health and health care issues and policies (Section 2.a.1.A).
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Transparency of Recommendations: The Panel must issue an annual report detailing their work and any approved recommendations, which the CBO Director must then publish on the Office's public website (Section 2.a.1.C and Section 2.a.3).
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Accountability of the CBO: The annual report must include a description from the CBO Director explaining how the office utilized the Panel's recommendations and the extent to which they were integrated into official studies and cost estimates (Section 2.a.1.C.ii).
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Expert Oversight of Critical Areas: The Panel focuses on specific priority areas including official cost estimates for proposed health care legislation and health care components of various official budget and economic outlook publications (Section 2.a.2.A-D).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Potential Conflicts of Interest: While the bill allows for the establishment of a system for public disclosure regarding potential conflicts of interest, the text does not explicitly mandate the prevention of such conflicts (Section 2.a.4.A).
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Confidentiality Restrictions: The CBO Director may establish confidentiality agreements with Panel members to protect information, which could limit the public's access to certain information obtained by the Government (Section 2.a.4.B).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Fiscal Responsibility+3
- Healthcare
- Improves Healthcare Access+1Increases Medicaid Funding+1Increases Medicare Funding+1
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+2
- 1/28/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in House
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Ron EstesRepublican · Kansas