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HR 2472 112th Congress House Health Administrative remedies Evidence and witnesses Health care quality Health information and medical records Health personnel

Health Care Professionals Protection Act of 2011

Introduced: July 9, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jul 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 8, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 8, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Care Professionals Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to prohibit a health care entity from submitting a report to the National Practitioner Data Bank on a professional review action that would adversely affect a physician's clinical privileges while the physician is under investigation before adequate notice of and hearing procedures for such action and investigation or such other procedures as are fair are afforded to the physician. Applies such prohibition to permissive reporting to the Board of Medical Examiners for a licensed health care practitioner who is not a physician.

Requires a health care entity to provide a physician with copies of all evidence expected to be offered against the physician in any hearing on a professional review action.

What's happening now July 15, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Republican 4
Coffman, Mike
· Jul 9, 2012
PAUL, RON
· Jul 19, 2011
Gingrey, Phil
· Jul 11, 2011
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Jul 8, 2011
Fleming, John
· Jul 8, 2011
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jul 8, 2011
 R
Harris, Andy
Maryland · Jul 8, 2011
Price, Tom
· Jul 8, 2011
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 8, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2472: Health Care Professionals Protection Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2472/
MLA
"H.R. 2472: Health Care Professionals Protection Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2472/.
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H.R. 2472, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2472/.
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