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Health Care Cost Containment Act

Introduced: January 5, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 1994
See H.R.3600.
Feb 10, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
Feb 3, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 3, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.
Jan 5, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 5, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 5, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 5, 1993
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Care Cost Containment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals to deduct the full amount of unreimbursed medical and dental expenses. (Current law allows a deduction for such expenses that exceed a certain percentage of adjusted gross income.)

Requires the losing party in a medical care liability suit to pay limited amounts of the winning party's litigation expenses.

Prohibits noneconomic damages (other than punitive damages) in such suits.

Requires punitive damages to be paid to the unit of local government having primary responsibility for paying for indigent health services. Requires those amounts to be used for care for individuals entitled to assistance under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.

Applies this Act to any medical care liability suit in any State or Federal court, except vaccine-related matters. Supersedes inconsistent State laws.

What's happening now August 2, 1994

See H.R.3600.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1