United States · Bill · S
S. 1277 (109th)
Heart Attack Safety Act of 2005
Introduced
21 June 2005
Last action
21 June 2005 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Rep. DeWine, Mike [R-OH-7]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Heart Attack Safety Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require hospitals and critical access hospitals, as a condition of participation under the Medicare program, to meet certain requirements in order to advertise that the hospital has the capability of addressing emergency and acute coronary syndromes.
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Timeline
21 June 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
21 June 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 21 June 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 June 2005
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 June 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 21 June 2005
Sponsors
- Rep. DeWine, Mike [R-OH-7] · R · Sponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1277
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1277
- us · 109-s-1277 · source updated 15 August 2025