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H.R. 2754 (105th)

Health Care Worker Protection Act of 1997

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Introduced

28 October 1997

Last action

13 November 1997 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Manton, Thomas J. [D-NY-7], Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Furse, Elizabeth [D-OR-1], Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5], Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17], Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Clement, Bob [D-TN-5], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42], Rep. Hilliard, Earl F. [D-AL-7], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Coyne, William J. [D-PA-14]

Subjects

Healthcare, Education

Source updated

3 June 2026

Healthcare · Education

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Summary

Health Care Worker Protection Act of 1997 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and Federal veterans benefits law to make it a condition of participation, except in specified circumstances, that hospitals use only designated hollow-bore needle devices that minimize the risk of needlestick injury to health care workers when furnishing services to individuals under the Medicare program and to individuals in veterans hospitals. Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to designate classes of hollow-bore needle devices that minimize the risk of needlestick injury, in consultation with an advisory council the Commissioner shall establish for such purpose. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for such education and training in the use of such designated devices as the Secretary determines appropriate. Authorizes appropriations.

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Timeline

  1. 28 October 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to House Ways and Means

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 28 October 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 28 October 1997

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2101)

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 28 October 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 28 October 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 6 November 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 9 November 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

    Source: Committee

  8. 13 November 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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