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S 527 115th 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 2017

Introduced: March 2, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Mar 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 2, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of a hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Service with liability protection provided by the United States for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing emergency or post-stabilization services on or after January 1, 2018.

What's happening now March 2, 2017

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 548 Related bill Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Aug 3, 2017
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · May 8, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 527: Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-527/
MLA
"S. 527: Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-527/.
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S. 527, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-527/.
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