United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1998 (111th)
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009
Introduced
21 April 2009
Last action
22 April 2009 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15], Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28], Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4], Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of such hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing emergency and post-stabilization services on or after January 1, 2010.
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Timeline
21 April 2009
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
21 April 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
21 April 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 April 2009
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 21 April 2009 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Introduced in House (text)
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Introduced in House (PDF)
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Sponsors
- Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1998
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1998
- us · 111-hr-1998 · source updated 14 August 2025