US Congress House Bill 2906 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-4)
Status: Introduced on June 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including: (1) whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access and whether another measure would be more accurate, and (2) potential methodologies for designating general surgery shortage areas. HHS must publish data comparing the availability and need of general surgery services in urban, suburban, and rural areas. HHS may establish a methodology for designating general surgery shortage areas and make such designations. HHS must publish a list of general surgery shortage areas.

Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017

Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-06-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-06-15	House	Introduced in House

SB1351 (Related) 2017-06-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2906/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2906/BILLS-115hr2906ih.pdf