Bill · S. 1911· Senate(119-S-1911)
HEALTH Panel Act
- Introduced
- 5/22/2025
- Last activity
- 5/22/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
- Sponsored by
- Pete Ricketts
- Cosponsors
- - 1 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "HEALTH Panel Act," aims 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. This panel is tasked with providing technical expertise and recommendations to improve studies, analysis, and cost estimates regarding health and health care issues. The panel will meet at least once a year and issue an annual report to specific budget committee members. Members of the panel will include experts in various health-related fields like finance, economics, and medicine.
Yes· 3 of 4
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?+2
The bill requires an annual report to be published on the CBO public website.
Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?+2
The bill enhances fiscal responsibility by providing more accurate cost estimates and analysis for health care legislation.
Does this give the federal government more power?+1
The bill increases federal oversight through the codification of a specialized panel within the CBO.
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 Analysis: 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)). This could lead to better-informed legislative decisions.
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Enhanced Oversight of Health Care Projections: The panel focuses on priority areas such as official cost estimates for proposed legislation and models used to project the impacts of health care policy changes (Section 2(a)(2)(A-C)). This provides a layer of expert scrutiny on economic and non-economic health studies.
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Transparency in Government Reporting: The Director of the Congressional Budget Office is required to publish an annual report on the office's public website that details the panel's work and how its recommendations were used (Section 2(a)(1)(C) and Section 2(a)(3)).
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Expert Representation: The panel aims to include individuals with national recognition in specialized fields such as health finance, actuarial science, and various medical provider fields (Section 2(c)(2)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Potential for Conflicts of Interest: While the bill allows for a system for public disclosure regarding potential conflicts of interest, the existence of these potential conflicts is noted as a factor that the Director may establish a system to manage (Section 2(a)(4)(A)).
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Information Confidentiality: The bill allows for the use of confidentiality agreements to protect information obtained by the Government, which may limit the public availability of certain information used to inform official work products (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.
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+2Increases Federal Power+1
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Fiscal Responsibility+2
- Healthcare
- Improves Healthcare Access+1
- 6/27/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/22/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
- Introduced in Senate
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Cynthia LummisRepublican · Wyoming