3.0.0 607 2021-09-29T22:12:16Z 2023-01-15T08:58:51Z Senate S S 2003-03-12 108 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003 108 5 HR 2003-03-21 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 49. Companion bill Senate Related bill House Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2004 108 4280 HR 2004-05-13 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 638, H.R. 4280 is laid on the table. 16:27:15 Related bill House 2003-03-13 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 33. Calendars 2003-03-12 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2003-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH 2003-03-12 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2003-03-12 True T000162 Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] CRAIG THOMAS R WY 2003-03-12 True V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2003-03-12 True K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2003-03-12 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2003-04-03 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2003-05-14 False Health Accident insurance Blood Child health Civil actions and liability Collection of accounts Commerce Conflict of interests Crime and Law Enforcement Damages Disability insurance Disabled Drug approvals Drug industry Drugs Evidence (Law) Expert witnesses Families Federal preemption Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fraud Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Labeling Labor and Employment Law Legal fees Liability (Law) Liability insurance Limitation of actions Medical malpractice Medical supplies Minors Packaging Parties to actions Physicians Product safety Products liability Punitive damages State laws Vaccines Workers' compensation Health 00 2003-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Requires a suit to be brought within three years of the date of the manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers or should have discovered the injury, whichever occurs first. Specifies exceptions, and rules for actions brought by minors.

Sets forth requirements and permissible recovery amounts for compensating patient injury, including: (1) the full amount of economic loss without limitation; (2) noneconomic damages as specified; and (3) a fair share rule.

Requires the court to supervise payment-of-damage arrangements, limiting contingency fees.

Provides for a reduction in damage awards by the amount of collateral source benefits to which a claimant is entitled, less any insurance premiums or payments made to obtain such benefits.

Limits the availability of punitive damages, requiring clear and convincing evidence of malicious intent to injure or a deliberate failure to avoid substantially certain, unnecessary injury. Prohibits any demand for punitive damages from being included in a health care lawsuit as initially filed. Prohibits the award of punitive damages for products that comply with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards, absent material and knowing misrepresentation by those submitting required approval or clearance information to the FDA.

Authorizes periodic payment of future damages to claimants.

Excludes suits for vaccine-related death or injury from the requirements of this Act if otherwise covered under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

Preempts any Federal or State law unless such law imposes greater protections from liability, loss, or damages for a health care provider, a health care organization, or for the manufacturer, distributor, supplier, marketer, promoter, or seller of a medical product.]]>

HEALTH Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced HEALTH Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system. Display Title HEALTH Act of 2003 Placed on Calendar Senate 2003-03-13T05:00:00Z 2003-03-13 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 33. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.