[History of Bills, Volume 155 (2009)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 4039--A bill to improve the medical justice system by encouraging 
    the prompt and fair resolution of disputes, enhancing the quality 
    of care, ensuring patient access to health care services, 
    fostering alternatives to litigation, and combating defensive 
    medicine, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
    Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a 
    period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
    for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
    jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


By Mr. DENT (for himself, Mr. Lee of New York, and Mr. Tiberi), H12586 
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