3.0.0 1410 2023-01-15T06:02:42Z 2023-01-15T06:02:42Z Senate S S 2003-07-15 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-07-15T22:53:54Z 2003-07-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-07-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9422-9423) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2003-07-15 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2003-07-15 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2003-07-15 True D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2003-07-15 True Health Access to health care Advertising Agriculture and Food Alternative medicine Commerce Communication in medicine Deceptive advertising Dietary supplements Drug approvals Drug industry Drug interactions Drugs Evidence (Law) Food industry Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health warnings Informed consent (Medical law) Labeling Law Medical supplies Patients' rights Health 00 2003-07-15 Introduced in Senate 2003-07-31T22:43:02Z 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 such treatment does not violate licensing laws.

Declares that health care practitioners may/shall (sic) 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.]]>

Access to Medical Treatment Act Display Title Access to Medical Treatment Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access to Medical Treatment Act Introduced in Senate 2003-07-15T04:00:00Z 2003-07-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.