109th Congress / Bills / H R 5

Title

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.

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Categories (What are categories?)

Accident insurance | Actions and defenses | Blood | Bribery | Business | Child health | Children | Collection of accounts | Conflict of interests | Consumers | Criminal justice | Damages | Department of Health and Human Services | Disability insurance | Disabled | Drug approvals | Drug industry | Drugs | Evidence (Law) | Executive departments | Federal officials | Federal preemption | Finance | Fines (Penalties) | Fraud | Government employees | Health care fraud | Health insurance | Health policy | Labeling | Labor | Law | Legal fees | Liability (Law) | Liability insurance | Licenses | Liens | Limitation of actions | Medical care | Medical instruments and apparatus | Medical malpractice | Medicine | Minors | Misconduct in office | Packaging | Parties to actions | Politics and government | Product safety | Products liability | Punitive damages | State and local government | State laws | Vaccines | Workers' compensation

Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
7/28/05	House	Passed	Session 1, roll call 449: On Passage 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
7/28/05	House	Failed	Session 1, roll call 448: On Motion to Recommit With Instructions 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