3.0.0 1468 2022-02-03T06:05:22Z 2022-02-03T06:05:22Z House H HR 2009-03-12 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-03-12T14:00:49Z 2009-03-12 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-03-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 N S000250 Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] PETE SESSIONS R TX 32 2009-07-09 False G000377 Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12] KAY GRANGER R TX 12 2009-07-09 False C001051 Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] John Carter R TX R. 31 2009-07-16 False M001158 Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] Kenny Marchant R TX 24 2009-07-16 False O000168 Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] Pete Olson R TX 22 2009-07-16 False C001062 Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] K. Conaway R TX Michael 11 2009-07-16 False M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2009-10-15 False J000174 Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] SAM JOHNSON R TX 3 2009-10-22 False Law Civil actions and liability Emergency medical services and trauma care Evidence and witnesses Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Judicial procedure and administration Legal fees and court costs Law 00 2009-03-12 Introduced in House 2009-05-20T22:09:49Z Medical Justice Act of 2009 - Sets forth provisions regulating civil actions for an injury or death as the result of health care.

Sets forth limits on: (1) the non-economic damages that an individual may recover from health care practitioners and health care institutions; and (2) the total damages that a person may recover from any single liable health care practitioner.

Declares that an insurer of a health care practitioner or health care institution that rejects a reasonable settlement offer within policy limits is not, by reason of such rejection, liable for damages in excess of the liability of the insured.

Sets forth requirements for qualified expert reports.

Allows periodic or accrual payment for future damages.

Prohibits a jury from awarding punitive or exemplary damages against a health care practitioner or health care institution unless the jury is unanimous.

Makes each person liable only for a proportionate share of the total damages that directly corresponds to that person's responsibility.

Makes a person liable for litigation costs incurred after rejection of a settlement offer if such person receives a judgment at trial that is significantly less favorable than the terms of the settlement offer.

Sets forth a time frame within which claims related to any health care act or omission must be brought.

Makes a health care practitioner or health care institution that provides emergency health care on a Good Samaritan basis immune from liability for damages caused by that care, except for willful or wanton negligence or more culpable misconduct.

]]> Medical Justice Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Medical Justice Act of 2009 Display Title Medical Justice Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To provide health care liability reform, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2009-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1468ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1468ih.xml 2009-03-12 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.