Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:
National Taxpayers Union
h2017-337.
h2017-337.
NAACP
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWSUIT LIMITATIONS.
Final passage of a bill to place a financial limit on non-economic damages which can be awarded if the plaintiffs health care was paid for in whole or in part by a federal program, subsidy, or tax benefit. H.R. 1215 passed the House; no further action has been taken on the legislation.
Citizens Against Government Waste
Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Limitation – Passage.
Passage of the bill that would limit to $250,000 the non-economic damages that can be awarded in a medical malpractice lawsuit in which the plaintiff's health care was paid for in whole or in part via a federal program, subsidy or tax benefit, and would establish a statute of limitations for initiating such lawsuits of either three years following the plaintiff's injury, or one year after the plaintiff discovers such injury, whichever occurs first. The bill would also prohibit a health care provider that prescribes or dispenses a FDA-approved medical product from being named as a party in either a product liability lawsuit involving the product or a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor or seller of such product.
Alliance for Retired Americans
Medical Malpractice Limit.
Representative King, R-IA, introduced legislation that limits medical malpractice suits. The legislation protects providers, shortens the statute of limitations and caps non-economic damages at $250,000. This legislation penalizes the victims, particularly seniors who cannot claim economic damages. The bill passed. H.R. 1215.