YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityDoctors and suppliers found guilty of fraud could stop getting paid by federal workers' comp.
Transparency & Accountability
The Labor Secretary could hold back money owed to a provider found guilty of fraud. It would be a choice, not automatic. Labor would have to write rules first.
The fraud does not have to involve federal workers' comp. Fraud against another federal health program, or a state one, would count too.
More about this bill
Most people would notice no change. Federal workers hurt on the job get medical care paid for by a workers' compensation program. Under this change, the Labor Department could stop paying a provider found guilty of fraud in court. The fraud could involve this program, another federal health program, or a similar state program. The power would be new in the law itself. Labor would have to write rules to carry it out. It would cover payments made 180 days or more after the bill becomes law. The House passed the bill on July 20, 2026. The Senate has not voted on it.
Congressional Summary
Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA ActThis bill explicitly authorizes the Department of Labor to suspend payments under the federal workers’ compensation program to certain providers convicted of fraud. (Current regulations establish various grounds for excluding a provider from payment under the program, including a conviction for fraudulent activity in connection with a federal or state medical benefit program.)Under the bill, Labor may suspend payments to a provider convicted of fraud related to the federal workers’ compensation program, a similar state program, or a federal health care benefit program (e.g., Medicare). Specifically, Labor may suspend (1) payments to such a provider for services, appliances, or supplies covered under the program; or (2) payments for certain initial expenses incurred by an employing agency with respect to such a provider.Labor must issue regulations to carry out these provisions.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-05-14
- Date Added
- 2026-07-18
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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