3.0.0 2906 2023-01-11T13:37:50Z 2023-01-11T13:37:50Z House HR 2017-06-15 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 102 (Thursday, June 15, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BUCSHON:H.R. 2906.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution[Page H4938]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2017-06-16T19:49:29Z Referred to 2017-06-15T14:03:50Z Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 115 1351 S 2017-06-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2017-06-16 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-06-15 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-06-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-06-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001275 Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] Larry Bucshon R IN 8 N B001287 Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7] Ami Bera D CA 7 2017-06-15 True J000290 Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] Lynn Jenkins R KS 2 2017-07-28 False K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2017-07-28 False H001038 Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] Brian Higgins D NY 26 2017-09-06 False M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6] Doris Matsui D CA O. 6 2017-09-06 False C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2017-09-06 False C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 14 2017-09-06 False C001067 Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] Yvette Clarke D NY D. 9 2017-09-08 False P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 9 2017-09-13 False R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2017-09-13 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2017-09-13 False P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2017-10-10 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2017-11-30 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2018-06-15 False Y000066 Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3] David Young R IA 3 2018-06-15 False K000379 Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] Joseph Kennedy D MA P. 4 2018-06-15 False R000602 Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] Kathleen Rice D NY M. 4 2018-09-04 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2018-09-04 False K000391 Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] Raja Krishnamoorthi D IL 8 2018-09-04 False C001096 Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large] Kevin Cramer R ND 0 2018-09-04 False H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2018-12-20 False Health Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health personnel Surgery and anesthesia Health 00 2017-06-15 Introduced in House 2017-09-20T19:56:08Z Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including: (1) whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access and whether another measure would be more accurate, and (2) potential methodologies for designating general surgery shortage areas.

HHS must publish data comparing the availability and need of general surgery services in urban, suburban, and rural areas.

HHS may establish a methodology for designating general surgery shortage areas and make such designations. HHS must publish a list of general surgery shortage areas.

]]> Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 Display Title Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the designation of general surgery shortage areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2906ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2906ih.xml 2017-06-16 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.