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HR 882 110th Congress House

Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical services and the quality of care furnished in emergency departments of h… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical services and the quality of care furnished in emergency departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing for additional payments for certain physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and by requiring reports on certain emergency department information as a condition of participation in the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 15, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 20, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 8, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 7, 2007
Introduced in House
Feb 7, 2007
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.
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 Latest action February 20, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007 - Establishes the United States Bipartisan Commission on Access to Emergency Medical Services to: (1) identify and examine factors in the health care delivery, financing, and legal systems that affect the effective delivery of screening and stabilization services furnished in hospitals that have emergency departments pursuant to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and (2) make specific recommendations to Congress with respect to federal programs, policies, and financing needed to assure the availability of such screening and stabilization services and the coordination of state, local, and federal programs for responding to disasters and emergencies.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for additional payments for certain physicians' emergency services furnished pursuant to EMTALA.

Requires critical access hospitals with an emergency department to report annually to the Secretary of Health and Human Services information on the hospital's average admission period for the year. Requires the Secretary to post the reported information promptly on the official public Internet site of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Directs the Secretary, based on the information reported for 2008, to develop an emergency department quality measure, if it is determined that one should be included in the performance measures hospitals are required to report.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 35
D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 29, 2008
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 25, 2008
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 9, 2008
D
Thompson, Mike
California · Sep 9, 2008
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 18, 2008
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 4, 2008
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 4, 2008
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 4, 2008
D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 6, 2008
R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · May 6, 2008
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 29, 2008
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 23, 2008
Davis, David
· Dec 13, 2007
R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Dec 5, 2007
McCarthy, Kevin
· Dec 5, 2007
D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Nov 6, 2007
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Oct 25, 2007
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Oct 10, 2007
D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jul 11, 2007
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jun 15, 2007
Fortuno, Luis
· Jun 15, 2007
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 15, 2007
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 15, 2007
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 5, 2007
R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 24, 2007
D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · May 23, 2007
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 21, 2007
R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 7, 2007
D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · May 2, 2007
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 7, 2007
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 7, 2007
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 7, 2007
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Feb 7, 2007
R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Feb 7, 2007
R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Feb 7, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 882: Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-882/
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