Complex sentence: The rising numbers of malpractice lawsuits during the decade was given as justification for passage of the act, and the ease with which physicians could move from state to state with no mechanism of interstate lawsuit reporting available.
Split into simpler sentences: The rising numbers of malpractice lawsuits during the preceding decade played a factor in the passage of the act. It was also claimed that physicians with a history of malpractice suits could move easily from state to state with no mechanism of interstate reporting available.