3.0.0 1854 2019-02-20T23:20:50Z 2019-02-23T22:07:29Z Senate S S 2011-11-10 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-11-10T21:29:30Z 2011-11-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-11-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze N H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2011-11-10 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2011-11-10 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2011-11-10 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2011-11-10 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2011-11-10 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2011-11-10 True Health Child health Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Emergency planning and evacuation Health care costs and insurance Health information and medical records Medicaid Medicare Health 00 2011-11-10 Introduced in Senate 2012-03-27T21:24:15Z Medical Surge Capacity Act - Amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to waive or modify certain requirements with respect to health care items and services furnished by a health care provider in a geographical area in which, and in a period during which, one (current law requires both) of the following exists: (1) an emergency or disaster declared by the President pursuant to the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, or (2) a public health emergency declared by the Secretary.

Allows the Secretary to deem an emergency area to include a geographical area into which individuals from the emergency area are evacuated and receiving care.

Extends the limitation on the duration of waivers of certain actions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act and certain sanctions and penalties under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) from 72 to 96 hours beginning upon implementation of a hospital disaster protocol.

]]> Medical Surge Capacity Act Short Titles as Introduced Medical Surge Capacity Act Display Title Medical Surge Capacity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance medical surge capacity. Introduced in Senate 2011-11-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1854is/xml/BILLS-112s1854is.xml 2011-11-10 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.