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Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2001

Introduced: November 6, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Mar 5, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 6, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Nov 6, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a participating hospital that uses the services of physician residents or postgraduate trainees to limit their working hours to specified schedules.
What's happening now March 5, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2614 Identical bill Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2002
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 18 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 26, 2002
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jul 16, 2002
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jun 20, 2002
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 11, 2002
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 24, 2002
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 15, 2002
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 20, 2002
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 18, 2002
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 18, 2002
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 11, 2002
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 4, 2002
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 26, 2002
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 26, 2002
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 14, 2002
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 4, 2002
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jan 24, 2002
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 24, 2002
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 6, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 6, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3236: Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3236/
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"H.R. 3236: Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3236/.
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H.R. 3236, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3236/.
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