Puerto Rico ACEP

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NOTE: These reports are based on keyword searches and are by no means all-inclusive. Some bills may be missed. If you wish you can perform your own search at www.oslpr.org/buscar.

Download the full report.

NOTE: These reports are based on keyword searches and are by no means all-inclusive. Some bills may be missed. If you wish you can perform your own search at www.oslpr.org/buscar.

This report includes the controversial bill PC2001 which wants to charge a higher deductible to patients that are beneficiaries of PR’s Government Health Plan that come into the ED and do not have a “true medical emergency.”

In an interview by El Nuevo Dia, House Vice President Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló says they will define what a true medical emergency is based on the criteria established by the American College of Emergency Physicians.

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NOTE: These reports are based on keyword searches and are by no means all-inclusive. Some bills may be missed. If you wish you can perform your own search at www.oslpr.org/buscar.

Bill RCS0189 seeks spending 300K or less repairing two broken down helicopters belonging to FURA to use them as air ambulances.

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NOTE: These reports are based on keyword searches and are by no means all-inclusive. Some bills may be missed. If you wish you can perform your own search at www.oslpr.org/buscar.

One bill jumps to my attention on this week’s legislative update. Bill PS0942 pretends to amend the “Carta de Derechos y Responsabilidades del Paciente” to read that in order for a patient to receive equal and respectful treatment, he/she must be evaluated in a medical facility within one hour after registration and if a transfer to another institution is needed, this must not take longer than 6 hours.

If that bill went into effect today, how many of us would be able to comply?

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NOTE: These reports are based on keyword searches and are by no means all-inclusive. Some bills may be missed. If you wish you can perform your own search at www.oslpr.org/buscar.

As a new service to our members we will begin posting weekly to bi-weekly reports tracking bills that have been introduced to the Puerto Rico Senate and House of Representatives, as well as bills that have advanced through the legislative process.

These reports are based on keyword searches and are by no means all-inclusive. Some bills may be missed. If you wish you can perform your own search at www.oslpr.org/buscar.

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