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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Emergency Care Liability Relief
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.

The constitutional authority upon which this Act rests is the power
of Congress to provide for the general welfare, to regulate commerce,
and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper, as enumerated
in section 8 of article I of the Constitution of the United States.

SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON NONECONOMIC AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHEN PROVIDING
UNCOMPENSATED CARE.

(a) In General.--Whenever items or services are furnished under
section 1867 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395dd) to an
uninsured individual for purposes of complying with such section, the
liability of an emergency care provider for an injury arising out of
the furnishing of such items or services shall be subject to the
following limitations:
(1) Noneconomic damages.--With respect to noneconomic
damages, the aggregate such liability for all such providers
may not exceed $250,000 or two times the amount of economic
damages, whichever is greater.
(2) Punitive damages.--With respect to punitive damages,
the aggregate such liability for all such providers may not
exceed $250,000 or three times the amount of economic damages,
whichever is greater.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Emergency care provider.--The term ''emergency care
provider'' means an emergency care entity or an officer,
governing board member, employee, or contractor of such an
entity.
(2) Emergency care entity.--The term ''emergency care
entity'' means--
(A) a hospital or an emergency department to which
section 1867 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395dd) applies; and
(B) a physician or physician group that is employed
by, or under contract with, such hospital or department
to furnish items and services to individuals under such
section.
(3) Uninsured individual.--The term ''uninsured
individual'' means an individual who, at the time the items or
services described in subsection (a) are furnished--
(A) does not have coverage under--
(i) a group health plan (as defined in
section 2791(a)(1) of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91(a)(1)));
(ii) part A (42 U.S.C. 1395c et seq.) or B
(42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.) of title XVIII of the
Social Security Act; or
(iii) a State plan under title XIX (42
U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) of the Social Security
Act; and
(B) does not have health insurance coverage (as
defined in section 2791(b)(1) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91(b)(1)) from any other
source.

SEC. 4. AWARDS OF ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS IN AN ACTION INVOLVING
UNCOMPENSATED CARE.

(a) In General.--In any action in any State or Federal court in
which liability or damages described in section 3(a) is contested, the
court (or the jury, if the matter is tried before a jury) may award to
each prevailing party a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable
costs relating to the prosecution of the action, subject to the other
provisions of this section.
(b) Persons Liable.--Liability for each award under subsection (a)
shall be borne by one or more of the following persons, as allocated by
the court or jury:
(1) A nonprevailing party personally.
(2) An attorney or law firm representing a nonprevailing
party, but only if such representation was on a contingent-fee
basis.
(c) Factors Considered.--In exercising its discretion under
subsections (a) and (b), the court or jury shall consider, and may
conduct a separate evidentiary hearing on, the following factors:
(1) The validity or reasonableness, or both, of the claim
of the nonprevailing party.
(2) The reasonableness of the conduct of the litigation by
the attorney or law firm representing the nonprevailing party,
including consideration of any offer of settlement by the
prevailing party.
(3) The reasonableness of the conduct of the litigation by
the attorney or law firm representing the prevailing party,
including consideration of any offer of settlement by the
nonprevailing party.
(4) The financial resources of the nonprevailing party and
the extent to which the nonprevailing party would have been
unfairly discouraged from pursuing a reasonable and legitimate
claim for injuries by such an award.

SEC. 5. JURY IN AN ACTION INVOLVING UNCOMPENSATED CARE TO CONSIDER
EFFECT OF DAMAGES ON HEALTH CARE LIABILITY INSURANCE.

In any action in any State or Federal court in which liability or
damages described in section 3(a) is contested, the court shall
instruct the jury that in considering the amount of damages (whether
compensatory or punitive) to award against a defendant that has been
found liable, the jury must consider the effect of the amount awarded
on the price and availability of health care liability insurance.
Output:
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.