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Legislative Progress
Introduced
December 15, 2022
Latest Action
December 15, 2022
Primary Sponsor
Richard HudsonRepublican(NC)
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Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS Act of 2022 or the ACCESS Act of 2022 This bill establishes rules for health care lawsuits where some amount of coverage or care was provided or paid for by a federal program, regardless of the number of other parties to the claim. The bill sets a three-year maximum statute of limitations from the date of the injury, subject to specific exceptions. Further, noneconomic damages (e.g., damages for pain and suffering) are limited to a maximum of $250,000. The bill permits courts to supervise and limit contingent fees paid to attorneys and sets a maximum contingent fee percentage based on a downward sliding scale as a damages increase. The bill permits either party to introduce evidence of collateral source benefits (e.g., workers’ compensation programs, accident insurance coverage, or other future benefit). Statements by a health care provider expressing fault, sympathy, or apology are, however, inadmissible as evidence of liability. Additionally, a plaintiff must give 90 days’ notice to the health care provider before filing a lawsuit. When filing a health care lawsuit, plaintiffs also must simultaneously submit an affidavit in support of the claim from a health care professional who meets the standards for an expert witness that are provided in the bill. This bill generally does not preempt state laws that impose additional limits on health care liability claims.
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2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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H.R.2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023: Improvements to FDA device approval process H.R. 9584, Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive LawSuitS (ACCESS) Act: Medical liability reform
Client expense: $35,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023: Improvements to FDA device approval process H.R. 9584, Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive LawSuitS (ACCESS) Act: Medical liability reform
Client expense: $35,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
December 22, 2022, Alliance of Specialty Medicine letter to Representative Richard Hudson expressing our support for H.R. 9584, the Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS Act of 2022, which sets conditions for lawsuits arising from health care liability claims. December 21, 2022, Alliance of Specialty Medicine letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell expressing our concern about pending cuts to Medicare physician payment rates in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill. December 20, 2022, coalition letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Crapo, and Representatives Frank Pallone and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, urging Congress to modify the omnibus legislation and stop the full 4.5 percent cut to Medicare physician payment rates for Fiscal Year 2023. December 16, 2022, Alliance of Specialty Medicine letter to Senator John Kennedy expressing our support for S. 5194, the Protecting Medicare Patients and Physicians Act, which would mitigate pending cuts to Medicare physician payment rates in Fiscal Year 2023. December 6, 2022, Alliance of Specialty Medicine letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure in response to CMS request for information (RFI) soliciting public comment on establishing a National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services (NDH). December 5, 2022, coalition letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell urging Congress to prevent the entire 4.5 percent reduction to Medicare physician payment rates from being implemented on January 1, 2023. November 21, 2022, coalition letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan commenting on the FTCs advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) entitled Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security, which pertains to clinical data registries. November 2, 2022, coalition letter to Representatives Richard Neal, Kevin Brady, Frank Pallone, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Lucille Roybal-Allard and David Joyce expressing our opposition to H.R. 8812, the Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act or the I CAN Act. This legislation would expand the scope of practice for non-physician practitioners (NPPs) under Medicare and Medicaid. October 31, 2022, coalition letter to Representatives Ami Bera, MD, Larry Bucshon, MD, Kim Schrier, MD, Michael Burgess, MD, Earl Blumenauer, Brad Wenstrup, DPM, Bradley Schneider and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD in response to a congressional request for information (RFI) on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). October 28, 2022, letter to Representatives Ami Bera, MD, Larry Bucshon, MD, Kim Schrier, MD, Michael Burgess, MD, Earl Blumenauer, Brad Wenstrup, DPM, Bradley Schneider and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD in response to a congressional request for information (RFI) on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Issues pertaining to the scope of practice legislation, related to H.R. 1587/S. 1731, H.R. 8812, H.R. 6087, and in general. Issues pertaining to prior authorization, related to H.R. 3173/H.R. 8487/S. 3018 and H.R. 7995, and in general. Issues pertaining to the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program, related to H.R. 5561/S. 4052, and in general. Issues pertaining to Medicare physician reimbursement, related to H.R. 8800 and S. 5194, and in general. Issues related to hearing healthcare, in general. Issues pertaining to health information technology and electronic health records, in general. Issues pertaining to Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids (LEAD-K) and parent choice, in general. Issues pertaining to Graduate Medical Education, in general. Issues pertaining to COVID-19, in general. Issues pertaining to healthcare liability reform, related to H.R. 9584, and in general. Issues pertaining to healthcare practice and the Federal Supremacy Clause at the Department of Veterans Affairs, in general. Issues related to the potential expansion of Medicare to cover hearing health benefits in potential reconciliation legislation. Issues pertaining to the "Magnet Injury Prevention Act," H.R. 8199/S. 4479. Issues pertaining to clinical data registries, in general.
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Torts
H.R. 3021, Coronavirus Provider Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 9584, Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS (ACCESS) Act of 2022, all provisions
Client expense: $5,060,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2022 · fourth_quarter · Torts
Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS Act (ACCESS Act) (regarding federal medical liability reform), H.R. 9584, entire bill; Coronavirus Provider Protection Act (regarding protections from medical liability for health professionals), H.R. 3021, entire bill.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE