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H.R. 4993: Emergency Care Liability Relief Act

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H.R. 4993: Emergency Care Liability Relief Act

108th Congress · introduced 2004-07-22 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-07-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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

Emergency Care Liability Relief Act

Plain summary

Emergency Care Liability Relief Act - Limits noneconomic and punitive damages for injuries arising from the provision of uncompensated care by emergency care providers. Authorizes the award of attorney's fees and costs in actions in which a party's liability or such damages are contested. Requires liability for such awards to be allocated to the nonprevailing party personally, the attorney or law firm representing such party if representation was on a contingent fee basis, or both, taking into account specified factors. Requires the court, in actions in which liability or noneconomic or punitive damages described in this Act are contested, to instruct the jury that it must take into account the effect of the amount to be awarded in damages on the price and availability of health care liability insurance.

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Official text

Emergency Care Liability Relief Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] · 4 cosponsors

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Pete Sessions (R-TX)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr4993 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108