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H.R. 4124: Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2004

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H.R. 4124: Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2004

108th Congress · introduced 2004-04-01 · Taxation · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E513)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-04-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E513) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2004

Plain summary

Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for taxable years beginning in 2004 or 2005 for expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance. Allows a credit for: (1) 20 percent of the malpractice insurance expenditures of a physician who practices in any surgical specialty or subspecialty, emergency medicine, obstetrics, or anesthesiology or who does intervention work which is reflected in medical malpractice insurance expenditures; (2) ten percent of such expenditures of a physician who practices in general medicine, allergy, dermatology, pathology, or other specialty; and (3) 15 percent of such expenditures of any hospital, clinic, or long-term care provider. Limits the amount of expenditures that may be taken into account to twice the average of costs of medical malpractice insurance for similarly situated health care providers, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to certain non-profit hospitals, clinics, and long-term care providers to assist such entities in defraying their medical malpractice insurance expenditures. Limits the amount of such grants to 15 percent of the medical malpractice insurance expenditures incurred by such entities in any year.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2004

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1] · 33 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John B. Larson (D-CT), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr4124 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108