# 119-hr-6167: HEALTH Act of 2025

119-hr-6167, HEALTH Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6167
- Congress: 119
- Title: HEALTH Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Creates a tax deduction for physicians equal to the unreimbursed Medicare-based value of qualified charity care.** It would also provide a limited federal liability shield for clinicians who furnish that care and sets specific exclusions and an effective date after December 31, 2025. - Physicians: Doctors would be able to deduct the unreimbursed Medicare-fee value of charity care they give to patients enrolled in Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. The deduction would be available even to taxpayers who do not itemize. - Eligible patients and exclusions: Qualifying charity care is limited to services for Medicaid or CHIP enrollees and excludes services barred by certain funding rules, sex reassignment surgeries, and hormone treatments furnished for the purpose of gender alteration. - Liability and states: Physicians and attending medical staff would have a federal civil-liability shield for harm caused while providing qualified charity care unless the act was intentional, knowing, reckless, or grossly negligent. The bill would preempt state laws that conflict with this protection unless a state offers greater protection for defendants.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] (R-GA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] (R-MS), 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11] (R-GA), 2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN), 2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Tax break for doctors' charity care: benefit, high. If enacted, physicians could deduct the value of qualified charity care they give. The deduction would equal what Medicare would pay under its physician fee schedule. You could claim it even if you do not itemize. The care must be given without payment to people on Medicaid or CHIP. It would exclud…
- Liability shield for charity care doctors: mixed, medium. If enacted, doctors and attending medical staff would face fewer lawsuits for harm during qualified charity care. The shield would not apply to intentional, knowing, reckless, or grossly negligent acts. It would override conflicting state laws, unless a state gives the defendant greater protection.…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-45: FIND Act
- 119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
- 119-hres-719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.
- 119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6167 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6167)

## Related
- [119-hr-45: FIND Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-45)
- [119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-38)
- [119-hres-719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-719)
- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6167 (as of 2026-09-21).