# 117-hr-7048: Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022

117-hr-7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7048
- Congress: 117
- Title: Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2022-03-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 28
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022 This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from modifying its policy relating to anesthesia care in a manner that would provide any medical professional other than a physician anesthesiologist with full practice authority for the furnishment of anesthesia care to veterans under VA health care laws. The VA is also prohibited from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the provisions relating to anesthesia care of the proposed rule titled Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (81 Fed. Reg. 33155), or any substantially similar rule.

## Cosponsors (28)

- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2022-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC), 2022-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2022-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] (R-CO), 2022-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2022-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO), 2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2022-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2022-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] (R-NV), 2022-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] (R-MD), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2022-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2022-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] (R-MS), 2022-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] (R-AZ), 2022-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL), 2022-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7048 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7048)

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