# 119-hr-7537: Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act

119-hr-7537, Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7537
- Congress: 119
- Title: Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-02-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Preventing unjust enrichment by private equity and real estate investment trusts in health care.** This bill would create new criminal and civil penalties, change tax rules for REIT-related health assets, require broad ownership and financial reporting to HHS, and direct an HHS Office of Inspector General study of profit-driven practices. - Families and patients would see more ownership transparency because reporters must publish data on an HHS website by January 1, 2028, and the bill restricts Federal health-care program payments tied to REIT asset sales or collateral arrangements. - Hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory surgical centers and health systems would face annual mandatory reporting, with existing reporters due January 1, 2027 and new entities required to file within 60 days of formation; false or missing reports can trigger civil penalties up to $5,000,000 per report. - Private equity firms, REITs, and other controlling investors would face a new criminal and civil framework with clawbacks for defined "triggering events," plus tax changes that repeal a special taxable REIT subsidiary rule and remove qualified REIT dividends from the 20% qualified business income deduction for taxable years after enactment. - The HHS Inspector General must finish a comprehensive study within three years on practices like upcoding, inflated risk scores, executive pay tied to productivity, staff reductions, and effects on care quality, workforce well-being, and Federal programs.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher taxes on REIT-related income: cost, high. If enacted, qualified REIT dividends would no longer count as qualified business income for the 20% section 199A deduction. This change would apply to taxable years beginning after enactment. The bill would also repeal the special tax rule for taxable REIT subsidiaries that hold certain health-care…
- No federal health payments after REIT sales: cost, medium. If enacted, federal health-care program payments (for example, Medicare and Medicaid) would be barred to any provider that, on or after enactment, sells assets to or newly pledges assets to a REIT. There is an exception where the pledge agreement existed before enactment. This could reduce payments…
- Jail and big fines for execs: cost, low. If enacted, covered people whose actions contributed to a triggering event that caused patient death or injury could face criminal prison time of 1 to 6 years. They could also face civil fines up to five times any clawback amount. Clawback authority may reach covered compensation obtained during th…
- Clawbacks for harmful healthcare deals: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Attorney General could recover executive and investor compensation tied to certain triggering events at health-care firms. Covered pay (salary, bonuses, equity, fees, sale profits, severance and similar) could be clawed back for amounts paid within 10 years before or after a trigger…
- Annual ownership and finance reports: mixed, medium. If enacted, many hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory surgical centers, freestanding emergency departments, and entities that own or control them would have to file annual ownership, control, financial, and operational reports with HHS. Existing covered entities would file initial reports by…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act
- 119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-hr-2913: Ukraine Support Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-7537 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7537)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6976)
- [119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5582)
- [119-hr-2913: Ukraine Support Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2913)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7537 (as of 2026-04-21).