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

Latest action · Jul 19, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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IntroducedJul 17, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Aaron Schock	Original	Jul 17, 2013
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Jul 17, 2013
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Jul 17, 2013
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Jul 17, 2013
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa	Original	Jul 17, 2013
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Jul 17, 2013
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Jul 17, 2013
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Jul 17, 2013
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry	Original	Jul 17, 2013
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Jul 17, 2013
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Jul 17, 2013
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Jul 17, 2013
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	Jul 17, 2013
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jul 23, 2013
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jul 26, 2013
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Sep 11, 2013
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Oct 5, 2013
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Nov 19, 2013
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jan 9, 2014
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Jan 27, 2014

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jul 17, 2013
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jul 19, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Lists H4598H.R. 2703–2718	—	Jul 17, 2013

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H7252-H7253] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio: H.R. 3542. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers. H.R. 713: Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Honda. H.R. 715: Mr. McNerney and Mr. Perlmutter. H.R. 809: Mr. Fincher. H.R. 919: Mr. Ryan of Ohio. H.R. 997: Mr. Latham and Mrs. Miller of Michigan. H.R. 1020: Ms. Foxx. H.R. 1024: Mr. Barrow of Georgia. H.R. 1124: Mrs. Beatty. H.R. 1179: Mr. Cohen and Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 1199: Mr. Garcia. H.R. 1209: Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. King of New York, and Ms. Fudge. H.R. 1248: Mr. Bachus. H.R. 1310: Mr. Lamborn. H.R. 1339: Mr. Lipinski and Mrs. Capito. H.R. 1428: Mr. Price of North Carolina. H.R. 1429: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 1449: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, and Mr. Southerland. H.R. 1461: Mr. Hunter and Mr. Nugent. H.R. 1518: Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Crenshaw, and Mr. Bilirakis. H.R. 1563: Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mr. Graves of Missouri. H.R. 1601: Mr. Cartwright. H.R. 1616: Mr. Gibson. H.R. 1666: Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Lipinski, and Ms. Eshoo. H.R. 1717: Mr. David Scott of Georgia and Ms. Kuster. H.R. 1726: Ms. Frankel of Florida. H.R. 1761: Mr. Roe of Tennessee. H.R. 1779: Mr. Peterson. H.R. 1830: Ms. Esty. H.R. 1851: Ms. Kuster and Mr. Horsford. H.R. 1852: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Labrador, and Ms. Brownley of California. H.R. 1869: Mr. Wittman. H.R. 1878: Ms. Frankel of Florida. H.R. 1920: Mr. Rigell. H.R. 1985: Mr. Goodlatte. H.R. 1992: Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois and Mr. Sires. H.R. 2027: Mr. Cassidy. H.R. 2028: Mr. Tierney. H.R. 2144: Mr. Duncan of South Carolina. H.R. 2305: Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2385: Mrs. Wagner. H.R. 2446: Mrs. Wagner. H.R. 2553: Ms. Moore, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Titus, and Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 2560: Mr. Rangel. H.R. 2607: Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Israel, and Mr. Pocan. H.R. 2619: Mr. Lowenthal. H.R. 2663: Mr. Ross. H.R. 2697: Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. Kuster, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia. H.R. 2703: Mr. Doyle. H.R. 2725: Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Stutzman, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz. H.R. 2785: Mr. Renacci. H.R. 2791: Mr. Gibson and Mr. Huizenga of Michigan. H.R. 2818: Mr. Grijalva. H.R. 2945: Mr. Roskam. H.R. 3040: Mr. Gene Green of Texas. H.R. 3105: Mr. Goodlatte and Mr. Cotton. H.R. 3111: Mr. Johnson of Ohio. H.R. 3121: Mr. Renacci. H.R. 3125: Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Loebsack. H.R. 3135: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 3143: Mr. Israel. H.R. 3163: Mr. Moran. H.R. 3169: Mr. Burgess. H.R. 3189: Mr. Poe of Texas. H.R. 3206: Ms. Frankel of Florida. H.R. 3211: Mr. Fitzpatrick. H.R. 3240: Mr. Foster. H.R. 3297: Ms. Schakowsky. H.R. 3299: Mr. Ribble, Mr. Harris, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Boustany, and Mr. Roskam. H.R. 3303: Mr. Bilirakis. H.R. 3308: Mr. Pittenger. H.R. 3309: Mr. Johnson of Ohio and Mr. Larsen of Washington. H.R. 3322: Mr. Rangel. H.R. 3327: Mrs. Bustos. H.R. 3333: Mr. Pet[...]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7253.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 113-101	EXAMINING PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION TO HELP LOCAL COMMUNITIES215 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Nov 20, 2013

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 955	Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2013	Related bill	May 15, 2013
HR 3717	Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013	Related bill	Apr 3, 2014

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act.
Short Titles as Introduced: Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 17, 2013Introduced in House

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