# 119-hr-10311: Health Care Accountability Mission Act of 2026

119-hr-10311, Health Care Accountability Mission Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-11).

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- As of: 2026-09-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10311
- Congress: 119
- Title: Health Care Accountability Mission Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-11

## Summary

**Would create a civil monetary penalty for specified hospitals that place patients in immediate jeopardy.** It would allow daily fines, capped at $10,000, for each day a hazardous condition persists and require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to post each determination on its public website. - Patients and families: The bill is meant to deter and shorten situations that immediately jeopardize patient health by tying fines to how long the unsafe condition lasts. - Specified providers: Hospitals, critical access hospitals, and rural emergency hospitals with Medicare agreements could face daily fines up to $10,000 when CMS finds immediate jeopardy and there was a related finding within the prior two years. Nonprofit facilities are excluded. - CMS and enforcement: Penalties would follow the same procedural framework used for section 1128A penalties and be posted centrally to increase transparency.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New daily fines for for-profit hospitals: cost, medium. This bill would let HHS impose a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for each day a hospital’s failure continued. The rule would only apply when the Secretary finds the failure immediately jeopardizes patient health and there was a like finding for the same hospital in the prior two years. It would appl…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-140: Hurricane Helene and Milton Tax Relief Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-10311 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10311)

## Related
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-140: Hurricane Helene and Milton Tax Relief Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-140)
- [119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3132)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10311 (as of 2026-09-11).