A bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

H.R. 5 — A bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. GINGREY of Georgia (for himself, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, and Mr. Smith of Texas), H433 [24JA]

Cosponsors added, H471 [25JA], H553 [8FE], H601 [9FE], H684 [10FE], H725 [11FE], H776 [14FE], H1199 [17FE], H1364 [18FE], H1392 [28FE], H1456 [1MR], H1525 [2MR], H1580 [4MR], H1620 [8MR], H1797 [14MR], H1907 [16MR], H2039 [29MR], H2108 [30MR], H2293 [4AP], H2328 [5AP], H2535 [7AP], H2571 [8AP], H2605 [12AP], H2857 [14AP], H2917 [15AP], H3000 [3MY], H3161 [10MY], H3304 [13MY], H3343 [23MY]

Reported with amendment from the Committee on the Judiciary (H. Rept. 112–39, part 1), H1982 [17MR]

Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended, H1982 [17MR], H3300 [13MY]

Reported with amendment from the Committee on Energy and Commerce (H. Rept. 112–39, part 2), H3341 [23MY]