Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6248 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6248 To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2025 Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, and Mr. Allen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. 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 ``Healthy Competition for Better Care Act''. SEC. 2. BANNING ANTICOMPETITIVE TERMS IN FACILITY AND INSURANCE CONTRACTS THAT LIMIT ACCESS TO HIGHER QUALITY, LOWER COST CARE. (a) In General.-- (1) PHSA.-- (A) In general.--Section 2799A-9 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-119) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(b) Protecting Health Plans Network Design Flexibility.-- ``(1) In general.--A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage may not enter into an agreement with a covered entity (as defined in paragraph (3)) if such agreement, directly or indirectly-- ``(A) restricts (including by operation of any agreement in effect between such covered entity and another covered entity) the group health plan (whether self-insured or f