Standard of Care Protection Act
Latest action · Nov 21, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedNov 21, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Standard of Care Protection Act - Provides that the development, recognition, or implementation of any guideline or other standard under any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care-related parts of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, or titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act shall not be construed to establish the standard or duty of care owed by a health care provider to a patient in any medical malpractice or medical product liability action or claim.
Prohibits such health care provisions from being construed to preempt any state or common law governing medical malpractice or medical product liability actions or claims.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 21, 2013.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 21, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Nov 21, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43812 | Hospital-Based Emergency Departments: Background and Policy Considerations | Report | Dec 8, 2014 |
Related bills 8
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2000 | SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 | Related bill | Feb 6, 2014 |
| S 2110 | Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 | Related bill | Mar 12, 2014 |
| S 2122 | Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 | Related bill | Mar 13, 2014 |
| S 2157 | Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 | Related bill | Mar 26, 2014 |
| HR 2810 | SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013 | Related bill | Mar 14, 2014 |
| HR 4015 | SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 | Related bill | Mar 24, 2014 |
| HR 4209 | SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 | Related bill | Apr 16, 2014 |
| HR 4750 | Standard of Care Protection Act of 2014 | Related bill | Jul 21, 2014 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to limit the establishment of certain standards of care or duties of care owed by health care providers to patients in any medical malpractice or medical product liability action or claim.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Standard of Care Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Civil actions and liability
- Comprehensive health care
- Federal preemption
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health personnel
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Product safety and quality
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2013Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
