Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2004
Latest action · Apr 2, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E513)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 1, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for taxable years beginning in 2004 or 2005 for expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance. Allows a credit for: (1) 20 percent of the malpractice insurance expenditures of a physician who practices in any surgical specialty or subspecialty, emergency medicine, obstetrics, or anesthesiology or who does intervention work which is reflected in medical malpractice insurance expenditures; (2) ten percent of such expenditures of a physician who practices in general medicine, allergy, dermatology, pathology, or other specialty; and (3) 15 percent of such expenditures of any hospital, clinic, or long-term care provider. Limits the amount of expenditures that may be taken into account to twice the average of costs of medical malpractice insurance for similarly situated health care providers, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to certain non-profit hospitals, clinics, and long-term care providers to assist such entities in defraying their medical malpractice insurance expenditures. Limits the amount of such grants to 15 percent of the medical malpractice insurance expenditures incurred by such entities in any year.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2004 to Sep 9, 2004; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Chet Edwards | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Chris Bell | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Jim Turner | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Nick Lampson | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Apr 30, 2004 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jun 24, 2004 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Sep 9, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 1, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E513)
- Apr 1, 2004Introduced in House
- Apr 1, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E513 | Max Sandlin D-TX | Apr 2, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Clinics
- Coinsurance
- Commerce
- Congress
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Health
- Hospitals
- Income tax
- Insurance premiums
- Liability insurance
- Medical economics
- Medical malpractice
- Nonprofit organizations
- Nursing homes
- Physicians
- Social Welfare
- Sunset legislation
- Surgeons
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2004Introduced in House
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