Emergency Room Hero and Patient Safety Act

Bill: 116-hr-6910
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-15
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: 2020-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Emergency Room Hero and Patient Safety Act or the ER Hero and Patient Safety Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires hospitals that employ, or contract with, physicians who furnish emergency medical services to provide specified due process protections before taking certain actions with respect to their employment. Specifically, hospitals may not terminate or restrict the professional activity or staff privileges of these physicians without a fair hearing and appellate review process through appropriate medical staff mechanisms. Third-party contracts shall not deny these processes.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6910 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2020 Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mr. Ruiz ) 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Room Hero and Patient Safety Act or the ER Hero and Patient Safety Act . 2. 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.