US Congress House Bill 3415 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 26 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Megan Rondini Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to designate a hospital as a "SAFE-ready facility" if the hospital: (1) employs or contracts with a sexual-assault forensic examiner, or (2) uses a telemedicine system of such examiners. Subject to civil penalties, and as a condition of participation in the Medicare program, a hospital that has an emergency department but is not designated as a SAFE-ready facility must meet certain requirements. Specifically, with respect to an individual who comes to the hospital's emergency department for treatment relating to sexual assault, the hospital must (regardless of whether the individual is eligible for Medicare): inform the individual that the hospital is not a SAFE-ready facility; provide the name and location of the nearest SAFE-ready facility; inform the individual that the individual may elect either to receive treatment at the hospital or to be stabilized and transferred to the nearest SAFE-ready facility; and if the individual elects to be transferred, obtain the individual's written consent for the transfer, contact the nearest SAFE-ready facility to confirm that a sexual-assault forensic examiner or telemedicine system is available, and stabilize and transfer the individual. In addition, a hospital with an emergency department must develop and implement a plan to train relevant personnel on sexual-assault forensic-evidence collection.

Megan Rondini Act

Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. David Kustoff [R-TN]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-07-26	House	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.
2017-07-26	House	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.
2017-07-26	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3415/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3415/BILLS-115hr3415ih.pdf