3.0.0 781 2023-01-11T13:36:10Z 2023-01-11T13:36:10Z Senate S 2017-03-30 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-30T16:24:08Z Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 115 1876 HR 2018-02-14 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Related bill CRS Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 115 1822 HR 2017-04-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Identical bill CRS Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 115 6378 HR 2018-09-26 Received in the Senate. Related bill CRS 2017-03-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-03-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-03-30 True M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2017-03-30 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2018-03-08 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2018-03-12 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-03-19 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2018-05-10 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2018-05-10 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2018-06-14 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2018-06-14 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2018-07-25 False Health Civil actions and liability Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Evidence and witnesses Federal preemption Health care quality Health personnel Licensing and registrations Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Health 00 2017-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-26T18:46:25Z Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to shield a health care professional from liability under federal or state law for harm caused by any act or omission if: (1) the professional is serving as a volunteer in response to a disaster; and (2) the act or omission occurs during the period of the disaster, in the professional's capacity as a volunteer, and in a good faith belief that the individual being treated is in need of health care services.

This protection from liability does not apply if: (1) the harm was caused by an act or omission constituting willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed; or (2) the professional rendered the health care services under the influence of alcohol or an intoxicating drug.

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Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 Display Title Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to limit the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s781is/xml/BILLS-115s781is.xml 2017-03-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.