Emergency Services Access Act
United States116th CongressHR-8272House of Representatives
Updated: Sep 16, 2020
Summary
Emergency Services Access Ac t This bill establishes a new criminal offense for preventing emergency medical technicians assigned to ambulances or other emergency vehicles from providing medical care. It also makes it a criminal offense to block an emergency vehicle that is transporting an individual in need of treatment from a hospital entrance. An individual who engages in this conduct is subject to criminal penalties--a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. If death results, the prison term may be for any term of years or for life.
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Timeline
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Introduced in House
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