US Congress House Bill 3586 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 21-1)
Status: Introduced on December 7 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-12-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that a health care professional shall not be liable under federal or state law for harm caused by any act or omission if: (1) the professional is serving as a volunteer for purposes of responding to a disaster; and (2) the act or omission occurs during the period of the disaster, in the professional's capacity as such a volunteer, and in a good faith belief that the individual being treated is in need of health care services. Makes exceptions where: (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 intoxicating alcohol or an intoxicating drug.

Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011

Rep. Cliff Stearns [R-FL]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Chip Cravaack [R-MN]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2011-12-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-12-07	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-12-07	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-12-07	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.

SB3473 (Related) 2012-08-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB6389 (Related) 2012-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3586/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3586/BILLS-112hr3586ih.pdf