[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8272 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8272

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit physically impeding 
an ambulance from providing emergency medical treatment, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2020

   Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit physically impeding 
an ambulance from providing emergency medical treatment, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Services Access Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BLOCKING AMBULANCES AT HOSPITAL ENTRANCES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 65 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1370. Blocking ambulances at hospital entrances
    ``Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses any 
facility of interstate or foreign commerce, and thereafter knowingly 
physically impedes an ambulance or other emergency vehicle, or an 
emergency medical technician assigned to such vehicle from--
            ``(1) providing treatment to an individual in need of 
        emergency medical treatment; or
            ``(2) accessing the entrance to a hospital, in the case of 
        a vehicle transporting an individual in need of emergency 
        medical treatment,
shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years or fined under this 
title, or both, or if death results, imprisoned for any term of years 
or for life, or fined under this title, or both.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``1370. Blocking ambulances at hospital entrances.''.
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