HR 5 · 112th Congress · Health
Protecting Access to Healthcare Act
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EnactedLatest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 353.(2012-04-16)
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Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 - Sets conditions for lawsuits arising from health care liability claims regarding health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce. Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000. Makes each party liable only for the amount of damages directly proportional to such party's percentage of responsibility. Allows the court to restrict the payment of attorney contingency fees. Limits the fees to a decreasing percentage based on the increasing value of the amount awarded. Allows the introduction of collateral source benefits and the amount paid to secure such benefits as evidence. Prohibits a provider of such benefits from recovering any amount from an award in a health care lawsuit involving injury or wrongful death. Authorizes the award of punitive damages only where: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that a person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or deliberately failed to avoid unnecessar…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011
Mar 10, 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 16, 2011
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011
May 23, 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 11, 2011
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011
Mar 19, 2012As posted on the Web site of the House Committee on Rules on March 12, 2012.
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
1 Democrat19 Republicans