HR 3123
104th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Assisted suicide
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Damages
Euthanasia
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Law
Malpractice
Medicaid
Medical supplies
Medicare
Products liability
Public assistance programs
Religion
Right to die
Integrity in Medical Funding Act of 1996
Introduced: March 20, 1996
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 29, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 26, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 20, 1996
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Mar 20, 1996
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Integrity in Medical Funding Act of 1996 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Federal payment under such programs for assisted suicide or euthanasia.
Preempts State and Federal limits on malpractice awards in health care liability actions that arise from the provision of any medical item or service for the purpose of causing the death of any individual, or from the failure to provide any medical item or service to an individual against the direction of the individual or the individual's agent or surrogate for the purpose of causing the individual's death.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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