3.0.0 3398 2020-02-10T17:02:03Z 2020-02-10T17:02:03Z Senate S S 2008-07-31 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-08-01T00:14:57Z 110 6381 HR 2008-06-26 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2008-07-31 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-07-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7953-7954) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2008-07-31 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2008-07-31 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2008-07-31 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2008-07-31 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2008-07-31 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2008-07-31 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2008-07-31 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-07-31 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2008-07-31 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-07-31 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2008-07-31 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2008-07-31 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-08-01 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2008-09-23 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2008-11-19 False Health Civil actions and liability Commerce Defective products Federal preemption Government Operations and Politics Law Local laws Medical malpractice Medical supplies Medical technology Products liability State laws Health

00 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-23T20:07:43Z Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that provisions preempting state and local requirements for medical devices intended for human use shall not be construed to modify or otherwise affect any action for damages or the liability of any person under state law. Makes this Act effective as if it were included in the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 and applicable to any civil action pending or filed on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

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