3.0.0 1344 2022-02-03T05:33:55Z 2022-02-03T05:33:55Z Senate S S 2005-06-30 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-06-30T16:55:14Z Community Health Center Volunteer Physician Protection Act of 2005 109 1313 HR 2005-03-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Community Health Center Volunteer Physician Protection Act of 2005 109 1058 S 2005-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2005-06-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2005-06-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-06-30 True Health Access to health care Claims Clinics Community health services Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Government liability Law Liability (Law) Medical malpractice Physicians Psychologists Public health personnel Social Welfare Volunteer workers Health 00 2005-06-30 Introduced in Senate 2005-08-17T19:24:11Z Community Health Center Volunteer Provider Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem volunteer practitioners at health centers as employees of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing services to patients at such health centers.

Defines "volunteer practitioner" as a licensed physician who: (1) at the request of the entity, provides services to patients of a public or nonprofit entity receiving Federal funds for serving medically underserved areas; (2) provides such service at a site at which the entity operates or at a site designated by the entity; and (3) does not receive any compensation for the provision of services.

Requires the Comptroller General to study the adequacy of funding for liability coverage for: (1) public or nonprofit private entities receiving federal funds for health centers; and (2) volunteer practitioners serving such centers.

]]> Community Health Center Volunteer Provider Protection Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Community Health Center Volunteer Provider Protection Act of 2005 Display Title Community Health Center Volunteer Provider Protection Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act. Introduced in Senate 2005-06-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1344is/xml/BILLS-109s1344is.xml 2005-06-30 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.