Congress 108 - HR 1228 - Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2003

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Administrative remedies Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Health and Human Services Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Grievance procedures Health Hospital care Hospital personnel Hospitals Hours of labor Labor and Employment Law Medical residents Medicare Quality of care Social Welfare Surveys Whistle blowing

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Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a participating hospital that uses the services of physician residents or postgraduate trainees to limit their working hours to specified schedules.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to monitor and supervise postgraduate trainees assigned patient care responsibilities as part of an approved medical training program, as well as to assure patient quality care.

Prescribes whistleblower protections for employees who in good faith report violations of working hour limits. Makes appropriations to the Secretary to provide for additional payments to hospitals for their reasonable additional, incremental costs of compliance with this Act.

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Mar 17, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 12, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 12, 2003

Introduced in House

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