| Restraining Children in Medical Facilities |
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| Restraint and seclusion are sometimes necessary when children with psychiatric disorders are treated in hospitals or other non-psychiatric medical facilities. The Child Health Act of 2000 protects such children from unnecessary restraint or seclusion when they are confined in public or private general medical facilities that receive federal funds. More... |
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| Detention of Food under the Bioterrorism Act of 2002 |
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| The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 authorizes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to detain suspicious articles of food and keep them from entering the country if the food presents a serious threat to humans or animals. More... |
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| HMO Liability for Failure to Authorize Treatment |
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| Patients can sue their HMOs for the wrongful refusal to authorize treatment in order to obtain reimbursement of money paid for medical services that should have been authorized. Thus, patients can sue their HMOs for the failure to pay for the treatment. However, patients (or, if the patient has died, his or her family members) cannot recover for any damages that resulted from not authorizing the treatment or from a delayed treatment.
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| Nurse-Patient Ratios |
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| Understaffing has long been a problem for nurses in the United States. California is the first state in the nation to establish minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for California's acute care hospitals. More... |
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| The Hill-Burton Act |
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| The Hill-Burton Act established a federal program that requires certain health care facilities that have used federal money for facility reconstruction or modernization to provide free or low cost health care services to people living in the communities surrounding the facilities who cannot afford to pay for the services. Facilities covered by the Act must provide these services without discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, or any other ground unrelated to the individual's need for the service or the availability of the needed service in the facility. More... |
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