Strengthening Rural Access to Emergency Services Act
Latest action · Feb 14, 2013 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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening Rural Access to Emergency Services Act - Amends title XVI of the Social Security Act to allow certain critical access hospitals and sole community hospitals to use interactive telecommunications systems to satisfy requirements for having a physician available to stabilize an individual with an emergency medical condition.
Limits this allowance to circumstances where: (1) the physician available by such interactive telecommunications system is board certified in emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine, and (2) a nurse practitioner or physician assistant is onsite in the emergency department.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 14, 2013.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Feb 14, 2013 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Feb 14, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Feb 14, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2013Introduced in Senate
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