Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7537 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7537 To prevent exploitative private equity practices, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 12, 2026 Ms. Goodlander introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prevent exploitative private equity practices, and for other purposes. 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 ``Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act''. SEC. 2. UNJUST ENRICHMENT CLAWBACK AUTHORITY AND CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) Unjust Enrichment Clawback.--Chapter 31 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 671. Unjust enrichment clawback and criminal penalty ``(a) Prohibited Conduct.--Any covered party whose actions contributed to a triggering event that results in the death or injury of a patient or patients under the care of the target firm, shall be punished in accordance with sections 672 and 673. ``Sec. 672. Criminal penalty ``Whoever violates section 671 shall be imprisoned for not less than 1 year or greater than 6 years. ``Sec. 673. Civil penalty ``(a) Amount of Penalty.--Whoever violates section 671 shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount of not more than 5 times the amount of any clawback authorized under section 674. ``(b) Deposit.--Any amount of civil penalty collected under this section shall be deposited