HR 8984 United States House · 117th Congress

Medical Care Equity Act

Summary
Medical Care Equity Act This bill allows a tax deduction for the unreimbursed Medicare-based value of qualified charity care (i.e., physicians' services furnished without expectation of reimbursement, including medical screenings and treatment for emergency medical conditions and labor-related treatments). The bill also specifies that a physician is not liable under federal or state law for harm caused by an act or omission of the physician, or attending medical personnel supporting the physician, if the act or omission (1) occurs in the course of furnishing charity care, and (2) was not grossly negligent. The bill preempts laws of a state or locality that are inconsistent with this exemption, unless the laws provide greater protection from liability for a defendant.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2022
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Introduced Sep 26, 2022 Last action Sep 27, 2022
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Sep 27, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Sep 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 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.
lower
Sep 26, 2022
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Clay Higgins
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