[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5140 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5140

   To provide for a Federal program to stabilize medical malpractice 
                          insurance premiums.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2002

 Mr. Pallone introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for a Federal program to stabilize medical malpractice 
                          insurance premiums.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Medical Malpractice 
Insurance Stabilization Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL PROGRAM TO STABILIZE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE 
              PREMIUMS.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall establish and oversee a program under which insurance companies 
and other underwriters offering medical malpractice insurance coverage 
in the United States reinsure all claims in excess of $250,000 through 
automatic reinsurance from a national fund that would be available to 
such companies and underwriters in order to provide stability in the 
market for medical malpractice insurance coverage.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary shall establish the terms 
and conditions of such a program, including the premium amount to be 
charged for such reinsurance.
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