3.0.0 1626 2023-01-11T19:51:03Z 2023-01-11T19:51:03Z House H HR 2007-03-21 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-03-22T19:53:40Z Referred to 2007-03-21T14:00:05Z 2007-03-22 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-03-21 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-03-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001151 Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] Tim Murphy R PA 18 N D000598 Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] SUSAN DAVIS D CA A. 53 2007-03-21 True A000362 Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] Jason Altmire D PA 4 2007-03-21 True Health Access to health care Clinics Government liability Law Liability (Law) Physicians Psychologists Public health personnel Social Welfare Volunteer workers Health 00 2007-03-21 Introduced in House 2007-04-28T15:02:15Z Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem volunteer practitioners who provide medical services to patients at certain nonprofit health centers in underserved areas as employees of the Public Health Service (thus extending the liability protections of the Federal Tort Claims Act to such practitioners).

Defines "volunteer practitioner" as a licensed physician or licensed clinical psychologist who provides services to patients of a health center without compensation or reimbursement at a health center site or a site designated by a health center.

]]> Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced 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 House IH Display Title Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-03-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1626ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1626ih.xml 2007-03-22 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.