H.R. 1233 FYI; An important federal legislative effort. On February 28, Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA) introduced H.R. 1233, the Mitigating the Impact of Uncompensated Service and Time Act of 2007. The purpose of the bill is to help alleviate financial burdens on physicians who provide uncompensated emergency medical care as mandated under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). More specifically, this legislation would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow board-certified physicians to partially offset the cost of providing uncompensated care through a tax deduction equal to the amount they would be paid under the Medicare fee schedule payment. To read a copy of the College's letter of support and for more information, go to http://www.facs.org/ahp/views/emtala-tax.html . To send a letter to your legislators to ask for their support of H.R. 1233, go to http://www.capitolconnect.com/acspa/.