Ensuring Access to Emergency Rooms Act of 2004
Latest action · Jul 22, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 22, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Access to Emergency Rooms Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem hospitals, emergency rooms, physicians, and physicians groups that provide emergency care to uninsured individuals employees of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to items and services furnished and post-stabilization services provided to such individuals.
Requires the Attorney General to make separate estimates as to the cost of claims expected to arise under this Act and to establish separate funds for such claims. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to limit the total amount of payments under this Act to the amounts appropriated in advance for such purposes.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2004 to Sep 7, 2004, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Charles W. Norwood | Original | Jul 22, 2004 |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Original | Jul 22, 2004 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Sep 7, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2004Introduced in House
- Jul 22, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Jul 22, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Appropriations
- Civil actions and liability
- Commerce
- Contractors
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Government liability
- Group medical practice
- Health
- Hospitals
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Medical malpractice
- Medically uninsured
- Medicare
- Physicians
- Public health personnel
- Social Welfare
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