Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016
Latest action · Apr 22, 2016 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.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access or whether another measure or designation would be more appropriate.
HHS must consider potential methodologies for designating surgical health professional shortage areas.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2016 to Dec 8, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Apr 15, 2016 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Apr 28, 2016 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | May 11, 2016 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | May 11, 2016 | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | May 12, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | May 23, 2016 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | May 23, 2016 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | May 23, 2016 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | May 26, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 3, 2016 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Jun 3, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Jun 15, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jun 15, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jun 20, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Sep 13, 2016 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Dec 8, 2016 |
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 Apr 15, 2016 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 22, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 15, 2016Introduced in House
- Apr 15, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 58, April 15, 2016, page H1765.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3166 | Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016 | Identical bill | Jul 12, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the designation of surgical health professional shortage areas.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2016Introduced in House
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.
