HR 2703 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2013

Introduced Jul 17, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Tim Murphy R-PA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 19, 2013 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.

  1. IntroducedJul 17, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a health professional volunteer providing primary health care to an individual at a community health center to be an employee of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise from providing services to patients. Sets forth conditions for such liability protection, including: (1) the service is provided to the individual at a community health center or through offsite programs or events carried out by such center; and (2) the health care practitioner does not receive any compensation for providing the service, except repayment for reasonable expenses.

Considers an entity as sponsoring the health care practitioner if the entity submits an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Secretary determines that the health care practitioner is deemed to be an employee of the Public Health Service.

Requires the Attorney General to submit to Congress an estimate of the amount of claims (together with related fees and expenses of witnesses) that, by reason of the actions or omissions of health professional volunteers, will be paid pursuant to this Act annually. Requires the Secretary to transfer such estimated amount from the claims fund to the appropriate accounts in the Treasury, subject to the extent of amounts in the fund.

Makes this Act effective on October 1, 2014.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2013 to Jan 27, 2014, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ILAaron SchockOriginalJul 17, 2013
R-OHBill JohnsonOriginalJul 17, 2013
R-PABill ShusterOriginalJul 17, 2013
R-PACharles W. DentOriginalJul 17, 2013
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalJul 17, 2013
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJul 17, 2013
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalJul 17, 2013
D-TXGene GreenOriginalJul 17, 2013
R-NEJeff FortenberryOriginalJul 17, 2013
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalJul 17, 2013
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalJul 17, 2013
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalJul 17, 2013
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalJul 17, 2013
D-CALinda T. SánchezJul 23, 2013
D-CASusan A. DavisJul 26, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 19, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jul 17, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Jul 17, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 955Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2013Related billMay 15, 2013
HR 3717Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013Related billApr 3, 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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  1. Jul 17, 2013Introduced in House

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