Protect Patients Now needs your help in support of an important, bi-partisan bill introduced last week in the US House of Representatives.

Contact your Congressman today to ask him to cosponsor H.R. 3586, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act, to ensure patients have access to vital, on-site medical services in the wake of a natural or man-made disaster.

As the nation witnessed during Hurricane Katrina and other recent disasters, there was a critical shortage of medical volunteers on the ground to assist those in need. Due to inconsistencies in federal and state laws, these volunteer health care professionals have been turned away or limited in the scope of their assistance because of the threat of medical liability lawsuits.

The Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act would help protect medical volunteers from lawsuits during a large-scale disaster, and ensure that vital health care services are available to disaster victims.

HCLA and Protect Patients Now urge our grassroots supporters to contact their Member of Congress today and ask them to sign on to this critical piece of legislation. Click here to Contact Congress now and ask your Representative to co-sponsor H.R. 3586, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act, in order to preserve access to medical care during a federally-declared disaster and protect our critical health care providers from medical lawsuit abuse. Thank you for your continued support of medical liability reform!