A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act.
Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2015
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a health professional volunteer providing primary health care to an individual at a community health center or through programs or events carried out by a center to be an employee of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise from providing services to patients. For a volunteer to be covered by this liability protection, the Department of Health and Human Services must approve the center's application to sponsor the volunteer.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Became Public Law No: 114-255.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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