State lawmakers modeled Senate Bill 25-130 after the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. DENVER — Colorado ...

Deanne Williams, Executive Director of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, testified before the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act's (EMTALA) Technical Advisory Committe (TAG ...

A landmark state attorney general legal settlement revealed Westchester Medical Center put vulnerable psychiatric patients at risk, requiring reforms.

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986 compels emergency departments to treat these patients. This mandate causes funding gaps and threatens the sustainability of emergency ...

However, it also says protections do not extend to "procedures, treatments, or services governed by federal law, including the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act." It also does not ...

The Colorado legislature is currently weighing a bill that would mandate that hospitals’ emergency departments, which include delivery and labor departments, provide care for patients regardless of ...

“Mental health care is medical care ... s inadequate treatment of mental health and substance use disorder patients under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.

which are among the few settings where patients receive 24/7 unscheduled acute care regardless of payment thanks to the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). EDs, the report ...