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                                MARCH 21, 2017
 
                        RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 115-10 
             
                  TEXT OF H.R. 1215, PROTECTING ACCESS TO 

                              CARE ACT OF 2017
                                   
           [Showing the text of H.R. 1215 as ordered reported by the 
                      Committee on the Judiciary.] 




1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2      (a) SHORT TITLE.--This Act may be cited as the 

3 "Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017". 

4      (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.--The table of contents of 

5 this Act is as follows: 

  Sec. 1. Short titlei table of contents. 
  Sec. 2. Encouraging speedy resolution of claims. 
  Sec. 3. Compensating patient injury. 
  Sec. 4. Maximizing patient recovery. 
  Sec. 5. Authorization of payment of future damages to claimants in health care 
             lawsuits. 
  Sec. 6. Product liability for health care providers. 
  Sec. 7. Definitions. 
  Sec. 8. Effect on other laws. 
  Sec. 9. Rules of construction. 
  Sec. 10. Effective date. 

6 SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING SPEEDY RESOLUTION OF CLAIMS. 

7      (a) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.--The time for the 

8 commencement of a health care lawsuit shall be 3 years 

9 after the date of injury or 1 year after the claimant disï¿½

10 covers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should 

11 have discovered, the injury, whichever occurs first. In no 

12 event shall the time for commencement of a health care 


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