# 116-hr-8272: Emergency Services Access Act

116-hr-8272, Emergency Services Access Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA); status Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8272
- Congress: 116
- Title: Emergency Services Access Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced: 2020-09-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Emergency Services Access Act This bill establishes a new criminal offense for preventing emergency medical technicians assigned to ambulances or other emergency vehicles from providing medical care. It also makes it a criminal offense to block an emergency vehicle that is transporting an individual in need of treatment from a hospital entrance. An individual who engages in this conduct is subject to criminal penalties--a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. If death results, the prison term may be for any term of years or for life.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-9020: PROVIDE Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8445: Hezbollah Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8356: Combatting University Research Theft Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8333: BUILDER Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8310: CCTARI Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8272 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8272)

## Related
- [116-hr-9020: PROVIDE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-9020)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8445: Hezbollah Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8445)
- [116-hr-8356: Combatting University Research Theft Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8356)
- [116-hr-8333: BUILDER Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8333)
- [116-hr-8310: CCTARI Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8310)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8272 (as of 2025-11-18).