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S 2220 113th Congress Senate Health Athletes Civil actions and liability Health care quality Health personnel Jurisdiction and venue Professional sports School athletics

A bill to provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.

Introduced: April 8, 2014 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Apr 8, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 8, 2014
Introduced in Senate
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Provides that for purposes of medical professional liability insurance or civil and criminal malpractice liability determinations, a physician or athletic trainer (covered sports medicine professional) who is authorized to practice medicine in a state (primary state) and who provides medical services to an athlete or athletic team in a state where such professional is not authorized to practice (secondary state) shall be deemed to have provided such medical services in the primary state, provided that prior to providing the covered medical services such professional has disclosed the nature and extent of such services to the entity that provides such professional with medical professional liability insurance in the primary state.

What's happening now April 8, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3722 Identical bill To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary St…
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All 2 Democratic 2
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Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Jun 18, 2014
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Apr 8, 2014
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2220: A bill to provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2220/
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"S. 2220: A bill to provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2220/.
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S. 2220, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2220/.
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