S. 952 · 108th Congress
Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2003
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Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a participating hospital that uses the services of postgraduate trainees to limit their working hours to specified schedules.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 30, 2003
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to monitor and supervise postgraduate trainees assigned patient care responsibilities as part of an approved medical training program, as well as to assure patient quality care.
Prescribes whistleblower protections for employees who in good faith report violations of working hour limits.
Makes appropriations to the Secretary to provide for additional payments to hospitals for their reasonable additional, incremental costs of compliance with this Act.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2003
Latest action (Apr 30, 2003): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5599-5600)
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 30, 2003
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.