Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical services and the quality of care furnished in emergency departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing for additional payments for certain physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and by requiring reports on certain emergency department information as a condition of participation in the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.

2/7/2007--Introduced.
Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007 - Establishes the United States Bipartisan Commission on Access to Emergency Medical Services to:
(1) identify and examine factors in the health care delivery, financing, and legal systems that affect the effective delivery of screening and stabilization services furnished in hospitals that have emergency departments pursuant to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and
(2) make specific recommendations to Congress with respect to federal programs, policies, and financing needed to assure the availability of such screening and stabilization services and the coordination of state, local, and federal programs for responding to disasters and emergencies. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for additional payments for certain physicians' emergency services furnished pursuant to EMTALA. Requires critical access hospitals with an emergency department to report annually to the Secretary of Health and Human Services information on the hospital's average admission period for the year. Requires the Secretary to post the reported information promptly on the official public Internet site of the Department of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary, based on the information reported for 2008, to develop an emergency department quality measure, if it is determined that one should be included in the performance measures hospitals are required to report.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
• and 161 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5]
  • Rep. Thomas Allen [D, ME-1]
  • Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
  • Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6]
  • Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. James Barrett [R, SC-3]
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Robert Berry [D, AR-1]
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]
  • Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3]
  • Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
  • Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. Charles Boustany [R, LA-7]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26]
  • Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4]
  • Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18]
  • Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0]
  • Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
  • Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. K. Michael Conaway [R, TX-11]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Barbara Cubin [R, WY-0]
  • Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28]
  • Rep. John Culberson [R, TX-7]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. David Davis [R, TN-1]
  • Rep. Geoff Davis [R, KY-4]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Charles Dent [R, PA-15]
  • Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D, IN-8]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Philip English [R, PA-3]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Tom Feeney [R, FL-24]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Luis Fortuno [R, PR-0]
  • Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R, NJ-11]
  • Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
  • Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R, MD-1]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Samuel Graves [R, MO-6]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Robin Hayes [R, NC-8]
  • Rep. Dean Heller [R, NV-2]
  • Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D, SD-0]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Paul Hodes [D, NH-2]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Darlene Hooley [D, OR-5]
  • Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]
  • Rep. Bobby Jindal [R, LA-1]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]
  • Rep. Ric Keller [R, FL-8]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
  • Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. John Kuhl [R, NY-29]
  • Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
  • Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2]
  • Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14]
  • Rep. Ron Lewis [R, KY-2]
  • Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
  • Rep. Kenny Marchant [R, TX-24]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R, CA-22]
  • Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
  • Rep. R. Bradley Miller [D, NC-13]
  • Rep. Jeff Miller [R, FL-1]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Tim Murphy [R, PA-18]
  • Rep. Patrick Murphy [D, PA-8]
  • Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
  • Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9]
  • Rep. Devin Nunes [R, CA-21]
  • Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7]
  • Rep. Charles Pickering [R, MS-3]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. Jon Porter [R, NV-3]
  • Rep. Tom Price [R, GA-6]
  • Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
  • Rep. Adam Putnam [R, FL-12]
  • Rep. James Ramstad [R, MN-3]
  • Rep. Rick Renzi [R, AZ-1]
  • Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D, TX-23]
  • Rep. Michael Rogers [R, MI-8]
  • Rep. Peter Roskam [R, IL-6]
  • Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
  • Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
  • Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]
  • Rep. John Salazar [D, CO-3]
  • Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
  • Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
  • Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner [R, WI-5]
  • Rep. Peter Sessions [R, TX-32]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19]
  • Rep. William Shuster [R, PA-9]
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
  • Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
  • Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
  • Rep. Jackie Speier [D, CA-12]
  • Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1]
  • Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
  • Rep. C. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Mark Udall [D, CO-2]
  • Rep. Tom Udall [D, NM-3]
  • Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2]
  • Rep. Charles Wilson [D, OH-6]
  • Rep. Heather Wilson [R, NM-1]
  • Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 3 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Ways and Means
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.882

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 07, 2007

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• Feb 20, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Feb 08, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Feb 07, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Feb 07, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Feb 07, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Feb 07, 2007.

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July 12, 2007 Rising number of ER patients strains health care providers

... D-Tenn., and Pete Sessions, R-Texas, have introduced the Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007 (HR 882) in the House of Representatives. ...

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June 13, 2007 Our Towns

HR 882, the Access to Emergency Medical Services Act, addresses some of the problems facing emergency rooms today. The Institute of Medicine released three ...

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July 24, 2007 ACEP Comment on CDC Data

ACEP supports legislation, the Access to Emergency Medical Services Act (HR 882 and S.1003), that calls for the creation of a national bipartisan commission on access to emergency medical services that will examine factors that affect ...

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July 21, 2007 Letter to Congressmen about upcoming Medicare cuts

I urge you to cosponsor and support the passage of HR 882/S1003, The Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007. This act supports amendment to the Medicare Sustainable Growth formula to eliminate the pending 12% decrease in ...

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July 05, 2007 Increase in Visits Combined with ER Closures Threaten Patient ...

The Access to Emergency Medical Services Act (HR 882 and S.1003) calls for the creation of a national bipartisan commission on access to emergency medical services which will examine factors that affect and may impede the delivery of ...

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