HR 4530
100th Congress
House
Immigration
Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Alien labor
Aliens
Childbirth
Costs
Emergency medical services
Emergency medicine
Federal aid to health facilities
Health
Health facilities
Illegal aliens
Labor and Employment
Migrant labor
Public assistance programs
Women's health
Women's rights
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reimburse physicians and medical facilities which give emergency treatment to certain undocumented aliens and alien commuter workers.
Introduced: May 4, 1988
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 17, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
May 4, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 4, 1988
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reimburse physicians and medical facilities for emergency medical treatment (including any required in the course of labor and childbirth) which: (1) is rendered to an undocumented alien or an alien commuter worker who cannot pay for such service; and (2) is not reimbursable under any other public assistance program or private insurance plan.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1