US Congress House Bill 1876 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 76-12)
Status: Introduced on April 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-14 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to shield a health care professional from liability under federal or state law for harm caused by any act or omission if: (1) the professional is serving as a volunteer in response to a disaster; and (2) the act or omission occurs during the period of the disaster, in the professional's capacity as a volunteer, and in a good faith belief that the individual being treated is in need of health care services. This protection from liability does not apply if: (1) the harm was caused by an act or omission constituting willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed; or (2) the professional rendered the health care services under the influence of alcohol or an intoxicating drug.

Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017

Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Drew Ferguson [R-GA]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]
Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]
Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. French Hill [R-AR]
Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]
Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Jason Lewis [R-MN]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]
Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]
Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-14	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2018-02-14	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2018-01-17	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
2018-01-17	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-04-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-04-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-04-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-04-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-04-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-04-04	House	Introduced in House

HB1822 (Related) 2017-04-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
SB781 (Related) 2017-03-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB6378 (Related) 2018-09-26 - Received in the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1876/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1876/BILLS-115hr1876ih.pdf