To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services issue regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians furnishing emergency medical services.

Bill: 115-hr-6372
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2018-07-13
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Due process and equal protection

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Employee performance

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Health facilities and institutions

Health personnel
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to issue regulations that require a certain administrative process before hospitals may terminate or restrict the privileges of physicians who provide emergency medical services.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6372 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2018 Mr. Collins of New York (for himself, Mr. Ruiz , and Mr. Sessions ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services issue regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians furnishing emergency medical services.

1. Regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians furnishing emergency medical services The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, but not later than one year after such date, through rulemaking, issue final regulations to provide that physicians who are employed by or under contract with a hospital for furnishing emergency medical services have a fair hearing and appellate review through appropriate medical staff mechanisms before any termination or restriction of the professional activity of such physicians or staff privileges of such physicians at such hospital and that such a hearing and review are not denied through a third-party contract.