JOURNAL OF THE

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SEC. 202. LIMITATION ON NONECONOMIC DAMAGES IN HEALTH CARE LIABILITY

ACTIONS.

(a) MAXIMUM AWARD OF NONECONOMIC DAMAGES.—In any health care liability action, in

addition to actual damages or punitive damages, or both, a claimant may also be awarded noneconomic damages, including damages

awarded to compensate injured feelings, such

as pain and suffering and emotional distress.

The maximum amount of such damages that

may be awarded to a claimant shall be

$250,000. Such maximum amount shall apply

regardless of the number of parties against

whom the action is brought, and regardless

of the number of claims or actions brought

with respect to the health care injury. An

award for future noneconomic damages shall

not be discounted to present value. The jury

shall not be informed about the limitation

on noneconomic damages, but an award for

noneconomic damages in excess of $250,000

shall be reduced either before the entry of

judgment or by amendment of the judgment

after entry. An award of damages for noneconomic losses in excess of $250,000 shall be

reduced to $250,000 before accounting for any

other reduction in damages required by law.

If separate awards of damages for past and

future noneconomic damages are rendered

and the combined award exceeds $250,000, the

award of damages for future noneconomic

losses shall be reduced first.

(b) APPLICABILITY.—Except as provided in

section 401, this section shall apply to any

health care liability action brought in any

Federal or State court on any theory or pursuant to any alternative dispute resolution

process where noneconomic damages are

sought. This section does not create a cause

of action for noneconomic damages. This

section does not preempt or supersede any

State or Federal law to the extent that such

law would further limit the award of noneconomic damages. This section does not

preempt any State law enacted before the

date of the enactment of this Act that places

a cap on the total liability in a health care

liability action.

(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

(a) The term ‘‘claimant’’ means any person

who asserts a health care liability claim or

brings a health care liability action, including a person who asserts or claims a right to

legal or equitable contribution, indemnity or

subrogation, arising out of a health care liability claim or action, and any person on

whose behalf such a claim is asserted or such

an action is brought, whether deceased, incompetent or a minor.

(b) The term ‘‘economic loss’’ has the same

meaning as defined at section 203(3).

(c) The term ‘‘health care liability action’’

means a civil action brought in a State or

Federal court or pursuant to any alternative

dispute resolution process, against a health

care provider, an entity which is obligated to

provide or pay for health benefits under any

health plan (including any person or entity

acting under a contract or arrangement to

provide or administer any health benefit), or

the manufacturer, distributor, supplier, marketer, promoter, or seller of a medical product, in which the claimant alleges a claim

(including third party claims, cross claims,

counter claims, or distribution claims) based

upon the provision of (or the failure to provide or pay for) health care services or the

use of a medical product, regardless of the

theory of liability on which the claim is

based, or the number of plaintiffs, or defendants or causes of action.

Page 17, line 10, insert ‘‘AND OTHER’’

after ‘‘PUNITIVE’’.

After debate,

Mr. LINDER moved the previous

question on the amendment and the

resolution.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House now order the previous question on the amendment and

the resolution?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EWING, announced that the yeas had

it.

Mr. FROST objected to the vote on

the ground that a quorum was not

present and not voting.

A quorum not being present,

The roll was called under clause 4,

rule XV, and the call was taken by

electronic device.

When there appeared Yeas ....... 234 ! Nays ...... 191

T41.8 [Roll No. 217]

YEAS—234

Allard

Archer

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Brewster

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Cox

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

Deal

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Geren

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Goodlatte

Goodling

Goss

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Horn

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kasich

Kelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Livingston

Longley

Lucas

Manzullo

Martini

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Molinari

Moorhead

Morella

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pombo

Porter

Portman

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Skeen

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tate

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Upton

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NAYS—191

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Andrews

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bevill

Bishop

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Chapman

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Cramer

de la Garza

DeFazio

DeLauro

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doyle

Durbin

Edwards

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Gordon

Graham

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hamilton

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hayes

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Holden

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E.B.

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kleczka

Klink

LaFalce

Lantos

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Moakley

Mollohan

Montgomery

Murtha

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Pickett

Pomeroy

Poshard

Rahall

Reed

Reynolds

Richardson

Rivers

Roemer

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Sisisky

Skaggs

Skelton

Slaughter

Spratt

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Tanner

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Tejeda

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Tucker

Vela ́zquez

Vento

Visclosky

Volkmer

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

NOT VOTING—9

Armey

Dellums

Greenwood

Hostettler

Istook

LoBiondo

Moran

Rangel

Woolsey

So the previous question on the

amendment and the resolution was ordered.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House agree to said amendment?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EWING, announced that the yeas had

it.

So the amendment was agreed to.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House agree to said resolution, as amended?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EWING, announced that the yeas had

it.

Mr. MOAKLEY demanded a recorded

vote on agreeing to said resolution, as

amended, which demand was supported

by one-fifth of a quorum, so a recorded

vote was ordered.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

357

1995 T41.13

The vote was taken by electronic device.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 247 ! affirmative ................... Nays ...... 181

T41.9 [Roll No. 218]

AYES—247

Allard

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Brewster

Browder

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Cox

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

Deal

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Geren

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Goodlatte

Goodling

Goss

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kasich

Kelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Livingston

Longley

Lucas

Manzullo

Martini

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Molinari

Montgomery

Moorhead

Morella

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Porter

Portman

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Sisisky

Skeen

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Upton

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOES—181

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Andrews

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bishop

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Chapman

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

de la Garza

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doyle

Durbin

Edwards

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Gordon

Graham

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hamilton

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Holden

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E.B.

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kleczka

Klink

LaFalce

Lantos

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Miller (CA)

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Moakley

Mollohan

Murtha

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Pomeroy

Poshard

Rahall

Reed

Reynolds

Richardson

Rivers

Roemer

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Skaggs

Skelton

Slaughter

Spratt

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Taylor (MS)

Tejeda

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Tucker

Vela ́zquez

Vento

Visclosky

Volkmer

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

NOT VOTING—6

Clay

Istook

LoBiondo

Mfume

Moran

Rangel

So the resolution, as amended, was

agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said resolution, as amended,

was agreed to was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table.

T41.10 FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE

PRESIDENT

A further message in writing from

the President of the United States was

communicated to the House by Mr.

Edwin Thomas, one of his secretaries.

T41.11 PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EWING, pursuant to House Resolution

109 and rule XXIII, declared the House

resolved into the Committee of the

Whole House on the state of the Union

for the further consideration of the bill

(H.R. 956) to establish legal standards

and procedures for product liability

litigation, and for other purposes.

Mr. DREIER, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, resumed the

chair; and after some time spent therein,

T41.12 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mrs. SCHROEDER:

Page 11, strike lines 17 through 24, and redesignate succeeding sections accordingly.

Page 17, line 25, insert ‘‘and noneconomic’’

before ‘‘loss’’.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 179 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 247

T41.13 [Roll No. 219]

AYES—179

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Andrews

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Bateman

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bevill

Bishop

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Chapman

Clay

Clayton

Clyburn

Coble

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Cramer

de la Garza

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Doyle

Durbin

Engel

English

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Gonzalez

Gordon

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Holden

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jefferson

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E.B.

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kleczka

Klink

LaFalce

Lantos

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Moakley

Morella

Murtha

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Peterson (FL)

Poshard

Rahall

Reed

Reynolds

Richardson

Rivers

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schiff

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Skaggs

Skelton

Slaughter

Spratt

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Tejeda

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Tucker

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Volkmer

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

NOES—247

Allard

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bereuter

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Bonilla

Bono

Brewster

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clement

Clinger

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Cox

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

Deal

DeLay

Dickey

Dooley

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Edwards

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)