Comprehensive Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2005
Latest action · Aug 5, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedJul 21, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Comprehensive Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2005 - Limits the non-economic damages that an individual may recover from a health care provider for an injury or death as the result of health care malpractice to $250,000 as adjusted for inflation from 1975.
Requires a medical malpractice action to be dismissed unless the signer of complaint certifies its validity.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop voluntary performance standards applicable to state medical boards; and (2) establish an interstate patient reporting and physician tracking database.
Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states and health care entities to carry out mediation programs to resolve health care malpractice allegations without litigation.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the voluntary disclosure of patient safety information to patient safety organizations. Makes such information privileged. Directs the Secretary to establish a database to receive relevant non-identifiable patient safety information.
Limits the liability of a health care provider that provides information to a state medical board regarding the competence or professional conduct of a physician.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 21, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Jul 21, 2005 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Jul 21, 2005 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Jul 21, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 5, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 21, 2005Introduced in House
- Jul 21, 2005Referred 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2657 | Comprehensive Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2005 | Related bill | Jun 3, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Accident prevention
- Accreditation (Medical care)
- Administrative procedure
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Conferences
- Confidential communications
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer complaints
- Contempt of court
- Court records
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Damages
- Data banks
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disciplining of employees
- Discovery (Law)
- Discrimination in employment
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency Management
- Employee rights
- Evidence (Law)
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal preemption
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Frivolous lawsuits
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health information systems
- Higher education
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Insurance companies
- Insurance premiums
- Internet
- Law
- Lawyers
- Legal ethics
- Legal fees
- Liability (Law)
- Liability insurance
- Licenses
- Mediation
- Medical associations
- Medical education
- Medical malpractice
- Medical records
- Medical supplies
- Medical technology
- Patients' rights
- Performance measurement
- Physicians
- Professional associations
- Promotions
- Punitive damages
- Quality of care
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Standards
- State laws
- Statistics
- Subpoena
- Telephone
- Web sites
- Whistle blowing
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2005Introduced in House
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