H.R. 6130 is expected to be considered on the House floor on Wednesday, September 22, 2010, under a suspension of the rules, requiring a two-thirds majority vote for passage. Rep. Stark (D-CA) introduced H.R. 6130 on September 15, 2010, and it was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 6130 would prevent any individual with ownership stake or knowledge of fraud in a sanctioned entity or is officer or managing employee of a sanctioned entity from participating in federal health care programs.
Medicare fraud is a huge problem that cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Major news organizations and other media outlets have reported that Medicare fraud involving everything from fake patients to multistate criminal rings bilk $60 billion or more annually from seniors and taxpayers.
As of publication, the Congressional Budget Office has not released a score.
