U.S. Commission On Civil Rights: Patient Dumping 2014 Statutory Enforcement Report

The report is based on a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) hearing in March 2014 about patient dumping of individuals with psychiatric conditions. The USCCR is an independent, bipartisan agency established by Congress in 1957.The hearing report was issued in September 2014. Patient dumping is defined as occurring when a hospital emergency department capable of providing necessary medical care prematurely discharges or transfers indigent patients or Medicare beneficiaries to another facility for economic reasons. The federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) statute prohibits patient dumping . . .