1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act . 2. Banning anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care (a) In general (1) PHSA Section 2799A–9 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–119 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (b) Protecting health plans network design flexibility (1) In general A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall not enter into an agreement with a provider, network or association of providers, or other service provider offering access to a network of service providers if such agreement, directly or indirectly— (A) restricts the group health plan or health insurance issuer from— (i) directing or steering enrollees to other health care providers; or (ii) offering incentives to encourage enrollees to utilize specific health care providers; (B) requires the group health plan or health insurance issuer to enter into any additional contract with an affiliate of the provider as a condition of entering into a contract with such provider; (C) requires the group health plan or health insurance issuer to agree to payment rates or other terms for any affiliate not party to the contract of the provider involved