H.R.868: Integrity in Medical Funding Act of 1997

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Integrity in Medical Funding Act of 1997 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Federal payment for assisted suicide or euthanasia. Preempts State and Federal limits on malpractice awards in health care liability actions that arise from the provision of any medical item or service for the purpose of causing the death of any individual, or from the failure to provide any medical item or...

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Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Commerce
Referred to House Ways and Means
Referred to House Judiciary
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb. 27, 1997

Introduced in the House by Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

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