US SB328 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
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.
Title
Strengthening Rural Access to Emergency Services Act
Sponsors
| Sen. John Thune [R-SD] | Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO] | Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-14 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Subjects
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/328/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s328/BILLS-113s328is.pdf |
