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Michael E. Capuano

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To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend Federal Tort Claims Act coverage to all federally qualified community health centers.

5/10/2007--Introduced.

Protecting Every Health Center Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem all federally-qualified health centers and their officers, employees, and contractors to be employees of the Public Health Service for whom any remedy for any civil action that may arise for services provided shall be exclusively against the United States.
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  • 05/10/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  • 05/10/2007 - Referred to House Energy and Commerce
  • 05/10/2007 - Referred to House Judiciary
  • 05/10/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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H.R.2270 Introduced in House08/31/2007