Health ACCESS Act

S 3744, the Health ACCESS Act, modifies federal law to regulate payments between healthcare providers/suppliers and online health information platforms (like appointment finders). It directly affects these platforms (called "information service providers") and the healthcare providers using them. Key provisions require platforms to: disclose financial arrangements to users, avoid steering patients based on payments, not share patient contact details improperly, not make medical promises, and base provider recommendations on objective criteria. The bill mandates written payment terms that don’t exceed fair market value and explicitly prohibits using patient data for targeted marketing without consent.