,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cghj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjai,mrs4
 ,dingell 7for herself and ,mr4         
,burgess7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
direct the ,federal ,communications     
,commission to establish an advisory    
committee to develop best practices     
regarding how to combat unlawful        
robocalls made to hospitals and how     
hospitals can protect themselves from   
such calls1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,protecting ,patients and ,doctors 
from ,unlawful ,robocalls ,act of #bjai4
  #b4 ,hospital ,robocall ,protection   
,group  7a7 ,establishment ,not later   
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,commission 
shall establish an advisory committee to
 be known as the ,hospital ,robocall    
,protection ,group4  7b7 ,membership    
,the ,group shall be composed only of   

the following members3 7#a7 ,an equal   
number of representatives from each of  
the following3  7,a7 ,voice service     
providers that serve hospitals4  7,b7   
,companies that focus on mitigating     
unlawful robocalls4  7,c7 ,consumer     
advocacy organizations4  7,d7 ,providers
 of one-way voice over internet protocol
 services described in subsection       
7e77#d77;,b77ii74  7,e7 ,hospitals4     
7,f7 ,state government officials focused
 on combatting unlawful robocalls4  7#b7
 ,one representative of the ,commission4
  7#c7 ,one representative of the       
,federal ,trade ,commission4  7c7       
,issuance of best practices ,not later  
than #ahj days after the date on which  
the ,group is established under         
subsection 7a71 the ,group shall issue  
best practices regarding the following3 
7#a7 ,how voice service providers can   
better combat unlawful robocalls made to
 hospitals4  7#b7 ,how hospitals can    
better protect themselves from such     
calls1 including by using unlawful      

robocall mitigation techniques4  7#c7   
,how the ,federal ,government and ,state
 governments can help combat such calls4
  7d7 ,proceeding by ,,fcc ,not later   
than #ahj days after the date on which  
the best practices are issued by the    
,group under subsection 7c71 the        
,commission shall conclude a proceeding 
to assess the extent to which the       
voluntary adoption of such best         
practices can be facilitated to protect 
hospitals and other institutions4  7e7  
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,commission ,the term ,commission means 
the ,federal ,communications            
,commission4  7#b7 ,group ,the term     
,group means the ,hospital ,robocall    
,protection ,group established under    
subsection 7a74  7#c7 ,state ,the term  
,state has the meaning given such term  
in section #c of the ,communications    
,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #aec74     
7#d7 ,voice service ,the term voice     
service-- 7,a7 means any service that is
 interconnected with the public switched

 telephone network and that furnishes   
voice communications to an end user     
using resources from the ,north         
,american ,numbering ,plan or any       
successor to the ,north ,american       
,numbering ,plan adopted by the         
,commission under section #bea7;e77#a7  
of the ,communications ,act of #aicd    
7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bea7;e77#a772 and  7,b7 
includes-- 7i7 transmissions from a     
telephone facsimile machine1 computer1  
or other device to a telephone facsimile
 machine2 and  7ii7 without limitation1 
any service that enables real-time1     
two-way voice communications1 including 
any service that requires internet      
protocol-compatible customer premises   
equipment 7commonly known as ,,cpe7 and 
permits out-bound calling1 whether or   
not the service is one-way or two-way   
voice over internet protocol4