Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

CDR DentSponsor

63 cosponsors · 5 D, 58 R

PGR Gosar GHR Harper DJR Joyce MKR Kelly JLD Langevin PSR Sessions ABR Barr RMR Marshall JSR Shimkus MBR Blackburn MMR Mullin RPR Pittenger JWR Walorski RRD Ruiz FSR Sensenbrenner ESR Stefanik RWR Wittman BFR Fitzpatrick JHR Hensarling BSR Shuster MSR Sanford MBR Burgess MBR Bishop EJR Jenkins TMR Murphy TPR Poe BPR Poliquin STR Tipton DMR McKinley BJR Johnson GBR Bilirakis KMR Marchant BWR Wenstrup LSR Smucker CRD Ruppersberger AMR Mooney BBR Babin NDR Dunn BFR Flores DDR Donovan SSR Stivers SGR Graves RKD Krishnamoorthi KRD Rice RCR Costello LLR Lance POR Olson BFR Farenthold SDR DesJarlais MTR Turner CCR Collins MGR Gallagher KRR Rothfus MAR Amodei DRR Ross MMR McSally GTR Thompson TMR Marino JSR Smith TRR Reed CCR Curbelo EPR Paulsen AHR Harris

6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of a hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Service with liability protection provided by the United States for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing emergency or…