Ten Cosponsors Line Up Behind Home Oxygen Protection Act, H.R. 621, USA

Main Category: Caregivers / Homecare
Article Date: 09 Feb 2007 - 13:00 PDT

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The first cosponsors of the Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act (H.R. 621) have appeared in the Congressional Record.

There are ten cosponsors - two Republicans and eight Democrats - listed below. The bill was introduced last month by Congressman Tom Price, MD (R-Ga.). AAHomecare thanks state homecare associations in New York (NYMEP), New England (NEMED), North Carolina (NCAMES), Maryland (MNCHA), Missouri (MAMES) and other homecare stakeholders who helped secure these commitments. Cosponsors include:

Representatives Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.), Thomas Allen (D-Maine), Howard Coble (R-N.C.), Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.), Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.), Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), Michael McNulty (D-N.Y.), John Olver (D-Mass.), and David Price (D-N.C.)

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