S 1911
HEALTH Panel Act
Summary
Healthy Equipping And Lending Technical Help Panel Act or the HEALTH Panel Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Panel of Health Advisors within the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The panel provides expertise and recommendations to CBO to support its analysis and cost estimates relating to health and healthcare. The bill requires the panel to report to the House and Senate Budget Committees on the recommendations the panel provided to CBO and how CBO utilized such recommendations. CBO must publish this report on its website. The bill also requires the panel to consist of 15 members serving three-year terms. The respective chairs and ranking minority members of the House and Senate Budget Committees, and the director of CBO, must each appoint three members to the panel.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sen. Pete Ricketts [R-NE]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Economics and Public Finance
- Introduced
- 2025-05-22
- Latest action
- 2025-05-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-05-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
- 2025-05-22: Introduced in Senate