H.R. 2819 · 118th Congress

Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2023

Introduced on Apr 25, 2023 by Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8). 7 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 28, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 25, 2023
Cosponsors
7
6 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to limit the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster.

Subjects

  • Civil actions and liability
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Federal preemption
  • Health care quality
  • Health personnel
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Larry BucshonR-IN-8Sponsor

Democrats · 6

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Apr 25, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Apr 25, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Apr 25, 2023 · HouseReferred 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.
  4. Apr 25, 2023 · HouseReferred 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.
  5. Apr 28, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  2. American College of Surgeons5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS$2.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS4 reports
    $155K reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  6. Congress of Neurological Surgeons4 reports
    $155K reported (all issues)
  7. THE DOCTORS COMPANY3 reports
    $83K reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.