United States · Bill · S
S. 328 (113th)
Strengthening Rural Access to Emergency Services Act
Introduced
14 February 2013
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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12 August 2025
Summary
Strengthening Rural Access to Emergency Services Act - Amends title XVI of the Social Security Act to allow certain critical access hospitals and sole community hospitals to use interactive telecommunications systems to satisfy requirements for having a physician available to stabilize an individual with an emergency medical condition. Limits this allowance to circumstances where: (1) the physician available by such interactive telecommunications system is board certified in emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine, and (2) a nurse practitioner or physician assistant is onsite in the emergency department.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 February 2013
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 February 2013
Introduced in Senate
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/328
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/328