3.0.0 468 2022-02-03T06:05:58Z 2022-02-03T06:05:58Z Senate S S 2009-02-25 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-02-25T15:04:54Z Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 111 1188 HR 2009-02-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2009-02-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-02-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2009-02-25 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2009-02-25 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2009-02-25 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-03-23 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-03-26 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2009-03-31 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2009-04-21 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-04-21 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2009-04-23 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2009-04-27 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-05-06 False Health Advisory bodies Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Medicare Health 00 2009-02-25 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-13T18:46:26Z Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 - Establishes the United States Bipartisan Commission on Access to Emergency Medical Services to: (1) identify and examine factors in the health care delivery, financing, and legal systems that affect the effective delivery of screening and stabilization services furnished in hospitals that have emergency departments pursuant to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and (2) make specific recommendations to Congress with respect to federal programs, policies, and financing needed to assure the availability of such screening and stabilization services and the coordination of state, local, and federal programs for responding to disasters and emergencies.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for additional payments for certain physicians' emergency services furnished pursuant to EMTALA.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to convene a working group that includes experts in emergency care, inpatient critical care, hospital operations management, nursing, and other relevant disciplines to develop boarding and diversion standards for hospitals and guidelines, measures, and incentives for implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of such standards.

Requires the CMS working group to: (1) identify barriers contributing to delays in timely processing of patients requiring admission as inpatients who initially sought care through the hospital's emergency department; (2) identify best practices to improve patient flow within hospitals; and (3) report to Congress and the Secretary a detailed description of the standards, guidelines, measures, and incentives developed, as well as identified barriers and best practices.

Directs the Secretary to establish a mechanism to make public information regarding any hospital that fails to report information requested by the CMS working group.

]]> Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 Display Title Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical services and the quality and efficiency of care furnished in emergency departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing for additional payments for certain physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and by establishing a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Working Group, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-02-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s468is/xml/BILLS-111s468is.xml 2009-02-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.