UPDATE: H.R.880 – MISSION ZERO Act

LATEST ACTION: February 27, 2018 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

BILL TITLE: MISSION ZERO Act

BILL SUMMARY:

Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act or the MISSION ZERO Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to certain trauma centers to enable military trauma care providers and trauma teams to provide trauma care and related acute care at those trauma centers. Funds may be used to train and incorporate military trauma care providers into the trauma center, including expenditures for malpractice insurance, office space, information technology, specialty education and supervision, trauma programs, and state license fees. Grantees must allow the military trauma care providers to be deployed for military operations, training, or response to a mass casualty incident.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on February 28, 2018.]

BILL NUMBER: 115th Congress: House Bill 880 (H.R.880)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. House of Representatives

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. Senate

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on H.R.880, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/880

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/880/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

02/27/2018 -- Senate -- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

02/26/2018 -- House -- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

02/26/2018 -- House -- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1236-1237)

02/26/2018 -- House -- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 880.

02/26/2018 -- House -- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1236-1238)

02/26/2018 -- House -- Mr. Burgess moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

09/25/2017 -- House -- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 240.

09/25/2017 -- House -- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-330.

07/27/2017 -- House -- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

07/27/2017 -- House -- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

06/29/2017 -- House -- Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

06/29/2017 -- House -- Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

02/10/2017 -- House -- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

02/06/2017 -- House -- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

02/06/2017 -- House -- Introduced in House.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of February 27, 2018. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/880/cosponsors ]

-- Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]

-- Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]

-- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]

-- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]

-- Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]

-- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]

-- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]

-- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]

-- Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]

-- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]

-- Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]

-- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]

-- Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]

-- Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]

-- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]

-- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]

-- Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]

-- Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]

-- Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]

-- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

-- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]

-- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]

-- Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]

-- Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]

-- Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]

COMMITTEES: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; House Energy and Commerce Committee.

SUBJECTS: Emergency medical services and trauma care, Health facilities and institutions, Health programs administration and funding, Medical education, Medical research, Military education and training, Military medicine, Military operations and strategy, Military readiness.