H.R. 1228 · 109th Congress
Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2005
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Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a participating hospital that uses the services of physician residents or postgraduate trainees to limit their working hours to specified schedules.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 10, 2005
Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a participating hospital that uses the services of physician residents or postgraduate trainees to limit their working hours to specified schedules.
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 2005
Latest action (Mar 22, 2005): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 10, 2005
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.