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H.R. 836: Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015

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H.R. 836: Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-10 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015

Plain summary

Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of a hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Service with liability protection provided by the United States for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing emergency and post-stabilization services on or after January 1, 2016.

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Official text

Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] · 112 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Joe Wilson (R-SC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Andy Harris (R-MD), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Todd Young (R-IN), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Brian Babin (R-TX), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Jason Smith (R-MO) and 52 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr836 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114