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112TH CONGRESS REPT.112-39
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
HELP EFFICIENT, ACCESSIBLE, LOW-COST,
TIMELY HEALTHCARE (HEALTH) ACT OF 2011
MARCH 17, 2011.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Texas, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS AND ADDITIONAL DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 5]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 5) to improve patient access to health care services and pro-
vide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the
liability system places on the health care delivery system, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
The A m endm ent ..................................................................................................... 2
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 7
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 8
H earings ................................................................................................................... 63
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 63
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 63
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 79
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 79
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 80
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 87
A dvisory on Earm arks ............................................................................................. 87
Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 87
D issenting V iew s ..................................................................................................... 88
Additional Dissenting View s ................................................................................... 119
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