S 961
113th Congress
Senate
Health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2013
Introduced: May 15, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 15, 2013
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of such hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing emergency and post-stabilization services on or after January 1, 2014.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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