3.0.0 1228 2019-11-15T21:47:44Z 2019-11-15T21:47:44Z House H HR 2005-03-10 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-03-22T21:58:31Z Referred to 2005-03-10T15:06:25Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-03-17T21:33:47Z Referred to 2005-03-10T15:06:30Z Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2005 109 1297 S 2005-06-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7301-7302) Related bill CRS 2005-03-22 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-03-17 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-03-10 Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-03-10 Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-10 Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-03-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 N Health Administrative remedies Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Health and Human Services Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Grievance procedures Hospital care Hospital personnel Hospitals Hours of labor Labor and Employment Law Medical residents Medicare Quality of care Social Welfare Surveys Whistle blowing Health 00 2005-03-10 Introduced in House 2005-04-07T18:24:44Z 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.

]]> Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2005 Display Title Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the work hours and increase the supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of patients and resident-physicians themselves. Introduced in House 2005-03-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr1228ih/xml/BILLS-109hr1228ih.xml 2005-03-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.