Physician Availability Act of 1997
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 27, 1998)
Physician Availability Act of 1997 - Requires each non-Federal hospital with at least 100 licensed beds and meeting other criteria to have a qualified physician available in the hospital (other than in the emergency department) 24 hours a day, seven days a week to attend to the hospital's inpatients. Provides for enforcement, including through civil penalities and suspension or disqualification regarding titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.
What just happenedFeb 11, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 27, 1998
- Feb 11, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Feb 2, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jan 27, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Jan 27, 1998IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jan 27, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 27, 1998IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 27, 1998IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House