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HCONRES 178 99th Congress House Health Civil Rights and Liberties Emergency medical services Health facilities Hospital care Hospitals Medical economics Minorities Minority health care Poverty Racial discrimination Religion and Clergy Religious liberty Sex discrimination Sex discrimination against women Women's rights

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress respecting the provision of emergency care by hospitals and free standing emergency centers to all patients.

Introduced: July 26, 1985 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Jul 31, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Jul 26, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 26, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) it shall be the national policy for hospitals and emergency centers to provide emergency care to all patients without discriminating on the ground of economic status, color, race, religion, sex, or national origin; and (2) States and local governments have a responsibility to provide adequate funding for such care.

What's happening now July 31, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 20, 1985
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 178: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress respecting the provision of emergency care by hospitals and free standing emergency centers to all patients.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-178/
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"H. Con. Res. 178: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress respecting the provision of emergency care by hospitals and free standing emergency centers to all patients.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-178/.
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H. Con. Res. 178, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-178/.
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[H. Con. Res. 178: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress respecting the provision of emergency care by hospitals and free standing emergency centers to all patients.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-178/)
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