HR 8823 United States House · 119th Congress

Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act

This bill, known as the Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act, aims to improve oversight of healthcare providers who receive payments under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program. It directly affects medical service providers, suppliers, and the Department of Labor by introducing a new rule that allows the Secretary of Labor to suspend payments to any provider convicted of fraud in this program, federal health care benefit programs, or similar state programs. The law requires the Secretary to issue regulations to enforce this suspension authority and specifies that the changes will take effect 180 days after the bill is enacted.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2026

Committee Review

Jul 2026

House Passage

Jul 2026

Senate Passage

President

Introduced May 14, 2026 Last action Jul 21, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 2 edits · Jul 20, 2026

MINOR

The changes between the introduced and engrossed versions of HR 8823 are primarily technical and clerical. The substantive content, including the new fraud suspension authority for the Secretary of Labor, was already present in both versions. The only meaningful edit is a minor clarifying addition of 'with respect to' in the effective date provision.

TECHNICAL

The effective date clause was changed from 'shall apply to payments made' to 'shall apply with respect to payments made,' a minor clarifying edit that does not change the 180-day implementation timeline.

A period placement was corrected in the subsection numbering, a purely typographical fix.

Floor votes · House Jul 20, 2026

How they voted

396–0

Passed · 35 other

Total votes 431

Jul 20, 2026

D Democratic212

198 Yea 14

93% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican218

197 Yea 21

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Jul 21, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

upper

Jul 20, 2026

Introduced

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 396 - 0 (Roll no. 251). (text: CR H4654)

lower

Jul 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 396 - 0 (Roll no. 251). (text: CR H4654)

lower

Jul 20, 2026

Introduced

Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Jun 25, 2026

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 0.

lower

Jun 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

May 14, 2026

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

lower

May 14, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor