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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Services, Education, and
Rehabilitation for Veterans Act'' or the ''SERV Act''.

SEC. 2. VETERAN'S TREATMENT COURTS.

(a) Delegation.--The Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy (referred to in this Act as the ''Director'') shall
delegate the authority to administer the program and other such
activities necessary to carry out this Act to the Department of
Justice.
(b) Grants.--The Attorney General may make grants to States, State
courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal
governments acting directly or through agreements with other public or
private entities, for the purpose of developing, implementing, or
enhancing veteran's treatment courts or expanding operational drug
courts to serve veterans.
(c) Eligibility.--Grants under this Act shall be made to veteran's
treatment courts and drug courts serving veterans that effectively
integrate substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, mandatory
drug testing, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services, in a
judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction over nonviolent,
substance-abusing offenders that have served in the United States
military.

SEC. 3. GRANT AUTHORITY.

The Attorney General may make grants to States, State courts, local
courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments,
acting directly or through agreements with other public or private
entities, for programs that involve--
(1) continuing judicial supervision over offenders with
substance abuse or mental health problems who are not violent
offenders and have served in the United States military; and
(2) the integrated administration of other sanctions and
services, which shall include--
(A) mandatory periodic testing for the use of
controlled substances or other addictive substances
during any period of supervised release or probation
for each participant;
(B) substance abuse and mental health treatment
(such as treatment for depression and post-traumatic
stress disorder) for each participant;
(C) diversion, probation, or other supervised
release involving the possibility of prosecution,
confinement, or incarceration based on noncompliance
with program requirements or failure to show
satisfactory progress; and
(D) programmatic, offender management, and
aftercare services such as relapse prevention, health
care, education, vocational training, job placement,
housing placement, and child care or other family
support services for each participant who requires such
services.

SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS.

(a) In General.--To request a grant under this Act, a State, State
court, local court, unit of local government, or Indian tribal
government shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such
form and containing such information as the Attorney General may
reasonably require.
(b) Applications.--In addition to any other requirements that may
be specified by the Attorney General, an application for a grant under
this Act shall--
(1) include a long-term strategy and detailed
implementation plan;
(2) explain the applicant's inability to fund the program
adequately without Federal assistance;
(3) certify that the Federal support provided will be used
to supplement, and not supplant, State, Indian tribal, and
local sources of funding that would otherwise be available;
(4) identify related governmental or community initiatives
which complement or will be coordinated with the proposal;
(5) certify that there has been appropriate consultation
with all affected agencies, specifically the Department of
Veterans Affairs and the Department of Health and Human
Services, and that there will be appropriate coordination with
all affected agencies in the implementation of the program;
(6) certify that participating offenders will be supervised
by 1 or more designated judges with responsibility for the
veteran's treatment court program;
(7) specify plans for obtaining necessary support and
continuing the proposed program following the conclusion of
Federal support; and
(8) describe the methodology that will be used in
evaluating the program.
(c) Certifications.--Each such application shall contain the
certification that the program for which the grant is requested shall
meet each of the requirements of this Act.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL SHARE.

The Federal share of a grant made under this Act may not exceed 75
percent of the total costs of the program described in the application
submitted under section 4 for the fiscal year for which the program
receives assistance under this Act, unless the Attorney General waives,
wholly or in part, the requirement of a matching contribution under
this section. In-kind contributions may constitute a portion of the
non-Federal share of a grant.

SEC. 6. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS.

(a) Report to Attorney General and the Director.--For each fiscal
year, each recipient of a grant under this Act during that fiscal year
shall submit to the Attorney General, the Director, and the Secretary
for Veterans Affairs a report regarding the effectiveness of activities
carried out using that grant. Each report shall include an evaluation
in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General
may reasonably require. The Attorney General shall specify the dates on
which such reports shall be submitted.
(b) Report to Congress.--The Director, in consultation with the
Attorney General, shall submit a yearly report on the effectiveness on
the activities carried out under this Act to the House and Senate
Committees on the Judiciary and the House and Senate Committees on
Veterans Affairs.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Veteran.--The term ''veteran'' means a person who
served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who
was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other
than dishonorable.
(2) Veteran's treatment court.--The term ''veteran's
treatment court'' means a program specifically for veterans
that meets the drug court criteria established by the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-
322).
(3) Violent offender.--The term ''violent offender'' means
a person who--
(A) is charged with or convicted of an offense,
during the course of which offense or conduct--
(i) the person carried, possessed, or used
a firearm or dangerous weapon;
(ii) there occurred the death of or serious
bodily injury to any person; or
(iii) there occurred the use of force
against the person of another, without regard
to whether any of the circumstances described
in clause (i) or (ii) is an element of the
offense or conduct of which or for which the
person is charged or convicted.
(B) has 1 or more prior convictions for a felony
crime of violence involving the use or attempted use of
force against a person with the intent to cause death
or serious bodily harm.

SEC. 8. ADMINISTRATION.

(a) Consultation.--The Attorney General shall consult with the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, and any other appropriate officials in carrying out this Act.
(b) Regulatory Authority.--
(1) In general.--The Attorney General may issue regulations
and guidelines necessary to carry out this Act.
(2) Participation limits.--In additional to the general
authority provided under paragraph (1), the Attorney General
shall--
(A) issue regulations and guidelines to ensure that
programs authorized in this Act do not permit
participation by violent offenders; and
(B) immediately suspend funding for any grant under
this part, pending compliance, if the Attorney General
finds that violent offenders are participating in any
program funded under this part.
(c) Geographic Distribution.--The Attorney General shall ensure
that, to the extent practicable, an equitable geographic distribution
of grant awards is made under this Act.

SEC. 9. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION.

(a) Technical Assistance and Training.--The Attorney General may
provide technical assistance and training in furtherance of the
purposes of this Act.
(b) Evaluations.--The Attorney General may provide for evaluations
in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 10. FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL DRUG COURT INSTITUTE.

(a) Comprehensive, National Training and Technical Assistance for
Drug Courts.--The National Drug Court Institute in Alexandria, Virginia
shall--
(1) conduct national, comprehensive training programs for
State and local communities for the purpose of improving the
professional skills of drug court practitioners and enhancing
the ability of State and local communities to expand drug
courts to reach all addicted citizens in need of their
resources; and
(2) provide national, comprehensive Technical Assistance to
adult, juvenile and family dependency drug courts including a
combination of information gathering, needs assessment,
cultural proficiency, analysis, problem solving, action
planning, referral and follow-up.
(b) Ancillary Projects.--The National Drug Court Institute in
Alexandria, Virginia shall complete ancillary programs designed to
facilitate the expansion and improvement of drug courts nationwide
including--
(1) a Judicial Task Force to develop a transition plan for
new drug court judges;
(2) a resource center to maintain and distribute drug court
evaluations reviewed in the National Drug Court Institute
Review, and to request new research and evaluations for the
drug court field;
(3) publishing annually the National Drug Court Institute
Review to provide research, analysis, and commentary of
importance to the drug court field; and
(4) searching drug court literature and identify, reprint,
and disseminate important and relevant scholarship to the drug
court field.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out this section
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2014 to remain
available until expended.

SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Except for section 10, there are authorized to be appropriated to
the Director to carry out this Act $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2009 to 2014.

SOLUTION: Services, Education, and Rehabilitation for Veterans Act or the SERV Act - Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to delegate to the Department of Justice (DOJ) the authority to administer the veteran's treatment courts program established by this Act.

Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states and other entities: (1) to develop, implement, or enhance veteran's treatment courts or to expand operational drug courts to serve veterans; and (2) for programs that involve continuing judicial supervision over nonviolent offenders with substance abuse or mental health problems who have served in the U.S. military. Requires such programs to include mandatory periodic testing for the use of drugs, substance abuse and mental health treatment, opportunities for diversion, probation, or supervised release, and programmatic, offender management, and aftercare services.

Directs the National Drug Court Institute to conduct national training programs for state and local communities to improve the professional skills of drug court practitioners and provide comprehensive technical assistance to adult, juvenile, and family dependency drug courts.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Government Waste
Reduction Act of 2013''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Establishment of Board.
Sec. 3. Duties of the Board.
Sec. 4. Powers of the Board.
Sec. 5. Board personnel matters.
Sec. 6. Congressional consideration of Board recommendations.
Sec. 7. Termination of the Board.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD.

(a) Establishment.--There is established the Independent Government
Waste Reduction Board (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
''Board'').
(b) Membership.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Appointment.--The Board shall be composed of 15
members appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of Congress.
(B) Qualifications.--The members of the Board shall
include individuals with national recognition for their
expertise in agencies, efficiency, waste reduction,
finance and economics, actuarial sciences, who provide
a mix of different professionals, broad geographic
representation, and a balance between urban and rural
representatives.
(C) Ethical disclosure.--The President shall
establish a system for public disclosure by members of
the Board of financial and other potential conflicts of
interest relating to such members. Members of the Board
shall be treated as officers in the executive branch
for purposes of applying title I of the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-521).
(D) Conflicts of interest.--No individual may serve
as a member of the Board if that individual engages in
any other business, vocation, or employment.
(E) Consultation with congress.--In selecting
individuals for nominations for appointments to the
Board, the President shall consult with--
(i) the majority leader of the Senate
concerning the appointment of 3 members;
(ii) the Speaker of the House of
Representatives concerning the appointment of 3
members;
(iii) the minority leader of the Senate
concerning the appointment of 3 members; and
(iv) the minority leader of the House of
Representatives concerning the appointment of 3
members.
(2) Term of office.--Each member shall hold office for the
duration of the Board.
(3) Chairperson.--
(A) In general.--The Chairperson shall be appointed
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, from among the members of the Board.
(B) Duties.--The Chairperson shall be the principal
executive officer of the Board, and shall exercise all
of the executive and administrative functions of the
Board, including functions of the Board with respect
to--
(i) the appointment and supervision of
personnel employed by the Board;
(ii) the distribution of business among
personnel appointed and supervised by the
Chairperson and among administrative units of
the Board; and
(iii) the use and expenditure of funds.
(C) Governance.--In carrying out any of the
functions under subparagraph (B), the Chairperson shall
be governed by the general policies established by the
Board and by the decisions, findings, and
determinations the Board shall by law be authorized to
make.
(D) Requests for appropriations.--Requests or
estimates for regular, supplemental, or deficiency
appropriations on behalf of the Board may not be
submitted by the Chairperson without the prior approval
of a majority vote of the Board.
(4) Removal.--Any member may be removed by the President
for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other
cause.
(c) Vacancies; Quorum; Seal; Vice Chairperson; Voting on Reports.--
(1) Vacancies.--No vacancy on the Board shall impair the
right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of
the Board.
(2) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Board shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a
lesser number of members may hold hearings.
(3) Seal.--The Board shall have an official seal, of which
judicial notice shall be taken.
(4) Vice chairperson.--The Board shall elect a Vice
Chairperson to act in the absence or disability of the
Chairperson or in case of a vacancy in the office of the
Chairperson.
(5) Voting on proposals.--Any proposal of the Board must be
approved by the majority of members present.

SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE BOARD.

(a) Submission of Report.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Board shall submit to Congress and
the President a report that advises specific implementation of the
recommendations from the March 2011 Government Accountability Office
report to Congress, entitled ''Opportunities to Reduce Potential
Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance
Revenue'' (GAO-11-318SP) and the February 2012 Government
Accountability Office report to Congress, entitled ''Opportunities to
Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and
Enhance Revenue'' (GAO-12-342SP) and shall include--
(1) a summary of the recommendations;
(2) an explanation of each recommendation contained in the
report and the reasons for including such recommendation;
(3) an opinion by the Government Accountability Office on
whether each recommendation is consistent with the intent of
such Government Accountability Office reports;
(4) a legislative proposal that implements the
recommendations; and
(5) other information determined appropriate by the Board.
(b) Recommendations Requirements.--
(1) Requirements.--Each recommendation in the report
submitted under subsection (a)--
(A) shall result in a decrease of overall
Government spending or an increase of Government
revenue; and
(B) shall not result in--
(i) any cut in benefits for veterans,
members of the Armed Forces, or their families;
or
(ii) any cut in benefits for seniors,
including--
(I) the elimination of guaranteed
health insurance benefits for seniors
or people with disabilities;
(II) the conversion of Medicare
into a voucher plan that provides
limited payments to seniors or people
with disabilities to purchase health
care in the private health insurance
market;
(III) cuts in Medicaid health
insurance benefits;
(IV) cuts in nursing home care; or
(V) privatization of Social
Security benefits.
(2) Consultation with other agencies.--The Board shall
consult regularly with the Government Accountability Office and
other agencies in making the recommendations required under
this section.

SEC. 4. POWERS OF THE BOARD.

(a) Hearings.--The Board may hold such hearings, sit and act at
such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence
as the Board considers advisable to carry out this Act.
(b) Obtaining Official Data.--The Board may secure directly from
any department or agency information necessary to enable it to carry
out this section. Upon request of the Chairperson, the head of that
department or agency shall furnish that information to the Board on an
agreed upon schedule.
(c) Postal Services.--The Board may use the United States mails in
the same manner and under the same conditions as other agencies of the
Federal Government.
(d) Gifts.--The Board may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or
donations of services or property.
(e) Offices.--The Board shall maintain a principal office and such
field offices as it determines necessary, and may meet and exercise any
of its powers at any other place.

SEC. 5. BOARD PERSONNEL MATTERS.

(a) Compensation of Members and Chairperson.--Each member of the
Board, other than the Chairperson, shall be compensated at a rate equal
to the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level III of the
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
The Chairperson shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level II of
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States
Code.
(b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Board shall be allowed
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates
authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57
of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular
places of business in the performance of services for the Board.
(c) Staff.--
(1) In general.--The Chairperson may, without regard to the
civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an
executive director and such other additional personnel as may
be necessary to enable the Board to perform its duties. The
employment of an executive director shall be subject to
confirmation by the Board.
(2) Compensation.--The Chairperson may fix the compensation
of the executive director and other personnel without regard to
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United
States Code, relating to classification of positions and
General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the
executive director and other personnel may not exceed the rate
payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section
5316 of such title.
(d) Detail of Government Employees.--Any Federal Government
employee may be detailed to the Board without reimbursement, and such
detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or
privilege.
(e) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--The
Chairperson may procure temporary and intermittent services under
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for
individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate
of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive Schedule under
section 5316 of such title.

SEC. 6. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS.

(a) Introduction.--
(1) In general.--On the day on which the report is
submitted by the Board to the Congress under section 3(a), the
legislative proposal (described in section 3(a)(4)) contained
in the report shall be introduced (by request) in the Senate by
the majority leader of the Senate or by Members of the Senate
designated by the majority leader of the Senate and shall be
introduced (by request) in the House by the majority leader of
the House or by Members of the House designated by the majority
leader of the House.
(2) Not in session.--If either House is not in session on
the day on which such legislative proposal is submitted, the
legislative proposal shall be introduced in that House, as
provided in subparagraph (A), on the first day thereafter on
which that House is in session.
(3) Any member.--If the legislative proposal is not
introduced in either House within 5 days on which that House is
in session after the day on which the legislative proposal is
submitted, then any Member of that House may introduce the
legislative proposal.
(4) Referral.--The legislation introduced under this
subsection in the House of Representatives shall be referred to
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House
of Representatives. The legislation introduced under this
subsection in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
(b) Discharge.--If the committee to which a legislative proposal
described in subsection (a) is referred has not reported the bill
containing such proposal by the end of the 20-day period beginning on
the date on which the Board submits the report to Congress under
section 3(a), such committee shall be, at the end of such period,
discharged from further consideration of such bill, and such bill shall
be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House involved.
(c) Expedited Consideration.--
(1) Consideration.--On or after the third day after the
date on which the committee to which such a bill is referred
has reported, or has been discharged (under subsection (b))
from further consideration of, such a bill, it is in order
(even though a previous motion to the same effect has been
disagreed to) for any Member of the respective House to move to
proceed to the consideration of the bill. A member may make the
motion only on the day after the calendar day on which the
Member announces to the House concerned the Member's intention
to make the motion, except that, in the case of the House of
Representatives, the motion may be made without such prior
announcement if the motion is made by direction of the
committee to which the bill was referred. The motion is highly
privileged in the House of Representatives and is privileged in
the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to
amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to
proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to
reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to
the consideration of the bill is agreed to, the respective
House shall immediately proceed to consideration of the bill
without intervening motion, order, or other business, and the
bill shall remain the unfinished business of the respective
House until disposed of.
(2) Debate.--Debate on the bill, and on all debatable
motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited
to not more than 2 hours, which shall be divided equally
between those favoring and those opposing the bill. An
amendment to the bill is not in order. A motion further to
limit debate is in order and not debatable. A motion to
postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other
business, or a motion to recommit the bill is not in order. A
motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill is agreed to or
disagreed to is not in order.
(3) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following the
conclusion of the debate on the bill and a single quorum call
at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with
the rules of the appropriate House, the vote on final passage
of the bill shall occur.
(4) Appeals.--Appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the
House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure
relating to the bill shall be decided without debate.
(d) Consideration by Other House.--
(1) Before passage.--If, before the passage by one House of
a bill of that House described in subsection (b), that House
receives from the other House a bill described in subsection
(b), then the following procedures shall apply--
(A) the bill of the other House shall not be
referred to a committee and may not be considered in
the House receiving it except in the case of final
passage as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii); and
(B) with respect to a bill described in subsection
(b) of the House receiving the bill (i) the procedure
in that House shall be the same as if no bill had been
received from the other House; but (ii) the vote on
final passage shall be on the bill of the other House.
(2) After passage.--Upon disposition of the bill received
from the other House, it shall no longer be in order to
consider the bill that originated in the receiving House.
(e) Rules of the Senate and House.--This section is enacted by
Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is
deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in
that House in the case of a bill described in subsection (b),
and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is
inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the
procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and
to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that
House.
(f) Calendar Day Defined.--In this section, the term ''calendar
day'' means a calendar day other than one on which either House is not
in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a date
certain.

SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF THE BOARD.

The Board shall terminate 120 days after the date on which the
Board submits the report under section 3(a).

SOLUTION: Government Waste Reduction Act of 2013 - Establishes the Independent Government Waste Reduction Board, the membership of which shall include individuals with national recognition for expertise in agencies, waste reduction, finance and economics, and actuarial sciences. Requires the Board to submit to Congress and the President a report that advises specific implementation of the recommendations from the March 2011 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report "Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue" and the February 2012 GAO report "Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue." Sets forth procedures for congressional consideration of the Board's recommendations.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Good Samaritan Health Professionals
Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY FOR VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS.

(a) In General.--Title II of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 224 the
following:

''SEC. 224A. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY FOR VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS.

''(a) Limitation on Liability.--Except as provided in subsection
(b), a health care professional shall not be liable under Federal or
State law for any harm caused by an act or omission of the professional
if--
''(1) the professional is serving as a volunteer for
purposes of responding to a disaster; and
''(2) the act or omission occurs--
''(A) during the period of the disaster, as
determined under the laws listed in subsection (f)(1);
''(B) in the health care professional's capacity as
such a volunteer; and
''(C) in a good faith belief that the individual
being treated is in need of health care services.
''(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply if--
''(1) the harm was caused by an act or omission
constituting willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence,
reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to
the rights or safety of the individual harmed by the health
care professional; or
''(2) the health care professional rendered the health care
services under the influence (as determined pursuant to
applicable State law) of intoxicating alcohol or an
intoxicating drug.
''(c) Standard of Proof.--In any civil action or proceeding against
a health care professional claiming that the limitation in subsection
(a) applies, the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving by clear
and convincing evidence the extent to which limitation does not apply.
''(d) Preemption.--
''(1) In general.--This section preempts the laws of a
State or any political subdivision of a State to the extent
that such laws are inconsistent with this section, unless such
laws provide greater protection from liability.
''(2) Volunteer protection act.--Protections afforded by
this section are in addition to those provided by the Volunteer
Protection Act of 1997.
''(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall supplant
any other provision of Federal, State, local, or tribal law that
establish liability schemes or liability protections that exceed those
provided by this section, including without limitation the provisions
of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code (commonly known as the
Federal Tort Claims Act).
''(f) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) The term 'disaster' means--
''(A) a national emergency declared by the
President under the National Emergencies Act;
''(B) an emergency or major disaster declared by
the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; or
''(C) a public health emergency determined by the
Secretary under section 319 of this Act.
''(2) The term 'harm' includes physical, nonphysical,
economic, and noneconomic losses.
''(3) The term 'health care professional' means an
individual who is licensed, certified, or authorized in one or
more States to practice a health care profession.
''(4) The term 'State' includes each of the several States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana
Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United
States.
''(5)(A) The term 'volunteer' means a health care
professional who, with respect to the health care services
rendered, does not receive--
''(i) compensation; or
''(ii) any other thing of value in lieu of
compensation, in excess of $500 per year.
''(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term
'compensation'--
''(i) includes payment under any insurance policy
or health plan, or under any Federal or State health
benefits program; and
''(ii) excludes--
''(I) reasonable reimbursement or allowance
for expenses actually incurred;
''(II) receipt of paid leave; and
''(III) receipt of items to be used
exclusively for rendering the health services
in the health care professional's capacity as a
volunteer described in subsection (a)(1).''.
(b) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--This Act and the amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) Application.--This Act applies to any claim for harm
caused by an act or omission of a health care professional
where the claim is filed on or after the effective date of this
Act, but only if the harm that is the subject of the claim or
the conduct that caused such harm occurred on or after such
effective date.

SOLUTION:
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to shield a health care professional from liability under federal or state law for harm caused by any act or omission if: (1) the professional is serving as a volunteer in response to a disaster; and (2) the act or omission occurs during the period of the disaster, in the professional's capacity as such a volunteer, and in a good faith belief that the individual being treated is in need of health care services. Makes exceptions where: (1) the harm was caused by an act or omission constituting willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed; or (2) the professional rendered the health care services under the influence of intoxicating alcohol or an intoxicating drug. Declares that, nothing in this Act shall supplant any other provision of federal, state, local, or tribal law that establish liability schemes or liability protections that exceed those provided by this Act, including without limitation the Federal Tort Claims Act.