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U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and Max Baucus Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Create Special Health Courts.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 30-JUN-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The Bill, Advancing an Idea Championed by Common Good, Would Authorize Funding For States to Create Health Courts on a Pilot Project Basis

WASHINGTON, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Common Good, the bipartisan legal reform coalition, announced today that Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY) and Max Baucus (D-MT) have introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to create special health courts on a pilot project basis. Known as the Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act, the bill is backed by a broad coalition of patient advocates and providers and responds to the Institute of Medicine's call for the development of alternatives to current medical tort litigation. Sen. Enzi is Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. Committee hearings on the legislation are expected later this year.

The bill's purpose is: --...

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