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Short Titles as Introduced

Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007

Official Titles

Official Titles - House of Representatives

Official Title as Introduced

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.


Actions Overview (1)

Date Actions Overview
02/07/2007Introduced in House

All Actions (6)

Date All Actions
02/20/2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Action By: Committee on Ways and Means
02/08/2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Action By: Committee on Energy and Commerce
02/07/2007Referred to House Ways and Means
Action By: House of Representatives
02/07/2007Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Action By: House of Representatives
02/07/2007Referred 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.
Action By: House of Representatives
02/07/2007Introduced in House
Action By: House of Representatives

Cosponsors (162)

* = Original cosponsor
CosponsorDate Cosponsored
Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]* 02/07/2007
Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]* 02/07/2007
Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]* 02/07/2007
Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]* 02/07/2007
Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]* 02/07/2007
Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] 03/07/2007
Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] 03/07/2007
Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] 03/07/2007
Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] 03/07/2007
Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] 03/07/2007
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] 03/07/2007
Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] 03/07/2007
Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] 03/07/2007
Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] 03/21/2007
Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] 03/21/2007
Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] 03/21/2007
Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] 03/21/2007
Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] 03/28/2007
Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] 03/28/2007
Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] 04/17/2007
Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1] 04/17/2007
Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] 04/17/2007
Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10] 05/01/2007
Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] 05/01/2007
Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] 05/01/2007
Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] 05/02/2007
Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] 05/02/2007
Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] 05/07/2007
Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14] 05/07/2007
Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] 05/07/2007
Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1] 05/07/2007
Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] 05/07/2007
Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] 05/07/2007
Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] 05/07/2007
Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] 05/07/2007
Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] 05/07/2007
Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45] 05/09/2007
Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] 05/09/2007
Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29] 05/09/2007
Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] 05/14/2007
Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] 05/14/2007
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] 05/14/2007
Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] 05/14/2007
Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] 05/14/2007
Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7] 05/14/2007
Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] 05/16/2007
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] 05/21/2007
Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8] 05/21/2007
Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] 05/21/2007
Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5] 05/23/2007
Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] 05/23/2007
Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] 05/24/2007
Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] 05/24/2007
Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13] 06/05/2007
Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] 06/05/2007
Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] 06/05/2007
Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17] 06/05/2007
Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] 06/05/2007
Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] 06/05/2007
Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] 06/05/2007
Rep. Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large] 06/15/2007
Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] 06/15/2007
Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] 06/15/2007
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] 06/15/2007
Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] 06/15/2007
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] 06/15/2007
Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] 06/15/2007
Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] 06/15/2007
Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] 06/15/2007
Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] 06/15/2007
Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] 06/15/2007
Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] 06/15/2007
Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] 06/27/2007
Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] 06/27/2007
Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] 07/11/2007
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-11] 07/11/2007
Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] 07/11/2007
Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] 07/19/2007
Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] 08/03/2007
Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] 09/04/2007
Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] 09/18/2007
Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] 09/18/2007
Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] 09/25/2007
Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] 10/10/2007
Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24] 10/25/2007
Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] 10/25/2007
Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] 10/25/2007
Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8] 10/30/2007
Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] 10/30/2007
Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] 10/30/2007
Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5] 11/06/2007
Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] 11/15/2007
Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10] 11/15/2007
Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22] 12/05/2007
Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23] 12/05/2007
Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3] 12/05/2007
Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] 12/05/2007
Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] 12/13/2007
Rep. Wilson, Charles A. [D-OH-6] 12/13/2007
Rep. Davis, David [R-TN-1] 12/13/2007
Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] 12/18/2007
Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] 12/18/2007
Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] 01/23/2008
Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47] 01/23/2008
Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4] 01/23/2008
Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4] 02/07/2008
Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] 02/07/2008
Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12] 02/14/2008
Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] 02/14/2008
Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] 03/05/2008
Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] 03/11/2008
Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1] 03/13/2008
Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] 04/08/2008
Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] 04/08/2008
Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3] 04/29/2008
Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] 04/29/2008
Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] 04/29/2008
Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29] 04/29/2008
Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6] 04/29/2008
Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] 05/06/2008
Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] 05/06/2008
Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2] 05/20/2008
Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] 06/04/2008
Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] 06/04/2008
Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] 06/04/2008
Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] 06/04/2008
Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] 06/04/2008
Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12] 06/04/2008
Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] 06/04/2008
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] 06/04/2008
Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2] 06/04/2008
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] 06/04/2008
Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] 06/04/2008
Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] 06/18/2008
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] 06/18/2008
Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] 06/18/2008
Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3] 07/10/2008
Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] 07/22/2008
Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] 07/22/2008
Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] 07/29/2008
Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] 09/09/2008
Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] 09/09/2008
Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] 09/09/2008
Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13] 09/09/2008
Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] 09/22/2008
Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] 09/22/2008
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11] 09/25/2008
Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] 09/26/2008
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] 09/29/2008

Committees (2)

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Committee / Subcommittee Date Activity Reports
House Energy and Commerce02/07/2007 Referred to
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health02/08/2007 Referred to
House Ways and Means02/07/2007 Referred to
House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health02/20/2007 Referred to

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Introduced in House (02/07/2007)

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.