US HB4138 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 47-0)
Status: Introduced on November 19 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-12-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on November 19 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-12-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Medicare SGR Improvement and Reform Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide an increased annual update for the Sustainable Growth Mechanism (SGR) formula for determining rates in the fee schedule for Medicare physician payments. Sets a three-year time limit for the commencement of a health care lawsuit. Prescribes requirements for: (1) unlimited damages for a claimant's actual economic losses in health care lawsuits; (2) court supervision of arrangements for payment of such damages, including limitation of contingent attorney fees; (3) restrictions on punitive damages; and (4) payment of future damages to claimants in health care suits. Terminates funding of the Medicare Improvement Fund as of January 1, 2010. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prescribe requirements for the licensure of biological products as biosimilar or interchangeable. Includes under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act fees relating to the licensure of a biological product. Amends patent law with respect to biosimilar products. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to adopt a single set of consensus-based operating rules for each health information transaction.
Title
Medicare SGR Improvement and Reform Act of 2009
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2009-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | |
2009-11-19 | Referred to House Judiciary | |
2009-11-19 | Referred to House Ways and Means | |
2009-11-19 | Referred to House Energy and Commerce | |
2009-11-19 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. |
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government trust funds
Health
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Intellectual property
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
Medicare
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government trust funds
Health
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Intellectual property
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
Medicare
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4138/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4138/BILLS-111hr4138ih.pdf |