H.R. 2085 · 108th Congress
Access to Medical Treatment Act
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DeFazioSponsor7 cosponsors · 3 D, 4 R
1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Access to Medical Treatment Act - Permits any individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any medical treatment that the individual desires (including a treatment that is not approved, certified, or licensed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) if: (1) the practitioner agrees to treat the individual; and (2) the administration of…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 14, 2003
Authorizes health care practitioners to provide any method of treatment to such an individual if certain requirements are met.
Requires a practitioner to report: (1) administering such treatment and discovering it to be a danger to an individual; and (2) the positive effects of an unconventional medical treatment for a life-threatening medical condition.
States that nothing in this Act shall in any way adversely affect the distribution or sale of dietary supplements.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Access to Medical Treatment Act
Latest action (May 20, 2003): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: May 14, 2003
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.