HEALTH Act of 2025

Sponsor: Daniel Webster (Republican-FL)November 20, 2025

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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Lets doctors get tax breaks and liability limits for providing free care to low-income patients.

This bill would let doctors claim a tax deduction for free medical services they provide to patients on Medicaid or CHIP. It would also limit their legal responsibility for care, encouraging more doctors to offer free services to those who need it most. These changes would take effect for care given after December 31, 2025.

What Would Change

Today, physicians do not receive a specific federal tax deduction for the unreimbursed value of charity care, and their liability for such care is governed by existing laws. If this bill becomes law, physicians would be able to deduct the unreimbursed Medicare-based value of qualified charity care from their federal taxes, and they (along with attending medical personnel) would have limited civil liability for acts or omissions during qualified charity care, unless intentional, knowing, reckless, or grossly negligent.

Key Provisions

Lets physicians deduct the unreimbursed value of free medical care given to Medicaid or CHIP patients from their federal taxes.
Limits doctors' and medical staff's legal responsibility for harm during free charity care, unless their actions were intentional, knowing, reckless, or grossly negligent.
Defines "qualified charity care" as free services provided to individuals enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP.
Allows physicians who do not itemize their tax deductions to still claim this new deduction.
Overrides state laws on physician liability for charity care if those state laws offer less protection than the new federal standard.
Excludes sex reassignment surgeries and hormone treatments for gender alteration from counting as "qualified charity care" for the deduction and liability protections.

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HR 6167 · 119th Congress · November 20, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10

HEALTH Act of 2025

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