Standard of Care Protection Act

Summary

Standard of Care Protection Act - Provides that the development, recognition, or implementation of any guideline or other standard under any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care-related parts of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, or titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act shall not be construed to establish the standard or duty of care owed by a health care provider to a patient in any medical malpractice or medical product liability action or claim. Prohibits such health care provisions from being construed to preempt any state or common law governing medical malpractice or medical product liability actions or claims.

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Timeline

1. 21 November 2013

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 November 2013

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 21 November 2013 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 November 2013

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 November 2013

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013
• related to → SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014
• related to → SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014
• related to → Standard of Care Protection Act of 2014
• related to ← Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
• related to ← Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
• related to ← Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014