H.R. 3722: To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-12-12 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-12-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.

Plain summary

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.

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Official text

To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3] · 51 cosponsors

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Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Pete Sessions (R-TX)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3722.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3722 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113