Bill > S884

Introduced Session

Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015 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 and post-stabilization services on or after January 1, 2016.

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Roy Blunt (R)*,  John Boozman (R),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Bill Cassidy (R),  Tom Cotton (R),  Deb Fischer (R),  Dean Heller (R),  John Hoeven (R),  Mark Kirk (R),  Lisa Murkowski (R), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 03/26/2015)

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