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Introduced Session

Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a health professional volunteer providing primary health care to an individual at a community health center or through programs or events carried out by a center to be an employee of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise from providing services to patients. For a volunteer to be covered by this liability protection, the Department of Health and Human Services must approve the center's application to sponsor the volunteer.

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John Thune (R)*,  Kelly Ayotte (R),  Bob Casey (D),  John Hoeven (R),  Mark Kirk (R),  Lisa Murkowski (R),  Pat Roberts (R),  Dan Sullivan (R), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 10/07/2015)

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