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S 689 114th Congress Senate Health Athletes Civil actions and liability Health care quality Health personnel Jurisdiction and venue Professional sports School athletics

Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act

Introduced: March 10, 2015 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Mar 10, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 10, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act

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 March 10, 2015

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 921 Related bill Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 2 Republican 10
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Nov 17, 2016
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Nov 15, 2016
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Sep 21, 2016
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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Sep 15, 2016
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Sep 13, 2016
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jun 22, 2016
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 9, 2016
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Apr 7, 2016
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Jul 28, 2015
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jun 2, 2015
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · May 4, 2015
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 10, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 689: Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-689/
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"S. 689: Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-689/.
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S. 689, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-689/.
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