3.0.0 328 2022-11-15T16:33:06Z 2022-11-15T16:33:06Z Senate S S 2013-02-14 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-02-14T16:04:25Z 2013-02-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2013-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2013-02-14 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2013-02-14 True Health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Medicare Health 00 2013-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2013-03-08T16:46:08Z Strengthening Rural Access to Emergency Services Act - Amends title XVI of the Social Security Act to allow certain critical access hospitals and sole community hospitals to use interactive telecommunications systems to satisfy requirements for having a physician available to stabilize an individual with an emergency medical condition.

Limits this allowance to circumstances where: (1) the physician available by such interactive telecommunications system is board certified in emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine, and (2) a nurse practitioner or physician assistant is onsite in the emergency department.

]]> Strengthening Rural Access to Emergency Services Act Display Title Strengthening Rural Access to Emergency Services Act Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening Rural Access to Emergency Services Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow certain critical access hospitals and sole community hospitals to use interactive telecommunications systems to satisfy requirements with respect to having a physician available to stabilize an individual with an emergency medical condition under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s328is/xml/BILLS-113s328is.xml 2013-02-14 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.