Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 28, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedMar 28, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007 - Establishes the United States Bipartisan Commission on Access to Emergency Medical Services to: (1) identify and examine factors in the health care delivery, financing, and legal systems that affect the effective delivery of screening and stabilization services furnished in hospitals that have emergency departments pursuant to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and (2) make specific recommendations to Congress with respect to federal programs, policies, and financing needed to assure the availability of such screening and stabilization services and the coordination of state, local, and federal programs for responding to disasters and emergencies.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for additional payments for certain physicians' emergency services furnished pursuant to EMTALA.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to convene a working group that includes experts in emergency care, inpatient critical care, hospital operations management, nursing, and other relevant disciplines to develop boarding and diversion standards for hospitals and guidelines, measures, and incentives for implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of such standards.
Requires the CMS working group to: (1) identify barriers contributing to delays in timely processing of patients requiring admission as inpatients who initially sought care through the hospital's emergency department; (2) identify best practices to improve patient flow within hospitals; and (3) report to Congress and the Secretary a detailed description of the standards, guidelines, measures, and incentives developed, as well as identified barriers and best practices.
Directs the Secretary to establish a mechanism to make public information regarding any hospital that fails to report information requested by the CMS working group.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2007 to Sep 11, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Mar 28, 2007 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Apr 10, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | May 16, 2007 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jul 30, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Oct 30, 2007 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Dec 12, 2007 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Jan 22, 2008 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Jan 23, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Mar 6, 2008 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | May 1, 2008 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Jun 2, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jun 19, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Jun 23, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Sep 11, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Mar 28, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 28, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 882 | Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007 | Related bill | Feb 20, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical services and the quality and efficiency of care furnished in emergency departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing for additional payments for certain physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and by establishing a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Working Group, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Disaster relief
- Disasters
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Federal advisory bodies
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Hospital care
- Hospitals
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Medical fees
- Medical malpractice
- Medical personnel
- Medical records
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Medicare
- Physicians
- Pregnant women
- Quality of care
- Social Welfare
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2007Introduced in Senate
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