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<title>Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2016</title>
<summary summary-id="id114hr921v36" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-01-25">
<action-date>2016-09-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2016</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill extends the liability insurance coverage of a state-licensed medical professional to another state when the professional provides medical services to an athlete, athletic team, or team staff member pursuant to a written agreement. Prior to providing such services, the medical professional must disclose the nature and extent of the services to the insurer. This extension of coverage does not apply at a health care facility or while a medical professional licensed in the state is transporting the injured individual to a health care facility.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id114hr921v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2015-03-02">
<action-date>2015-02-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2015</b></p> <p>Provides that for purposes of medical professional liability insurance or civil and criminal malpractice liability determinations, a physician or athletic trainer (covered sports medicine professional) who is authorized to practice medicine in a state (primary state) and who provides medical services to an athlete or athletic team in a state where such professional is not authorized to practice (secondary state) shall be deemed to have provided such medical services in the primary state, provided that prior to providing the covered medical services such professional has disclosed the nature and extent of such services to the entity that provides such professional with medical professional liability insurance in the primary state.</p>]]></summary-text>
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