House Concurrent Resolution 10 - Introduced

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  1  1           HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2               BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
  1  3                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 248)
  1  4 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the establishment
  1  5    of an interim study committee by the legislative
  1  6    council to conduct a study of issues related to the
  1  7    costs of professional liability insurance for health
  1  8    care providers in Iowa.
  1  9    WHEREAS, medical liability insurance covers health
  1 10 care providers and health care facilities for
  1 11 liability claims arising from the examination, care,
  1 12 and treatment of health care patients; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, the cost of medical liability insurance
  1 14 has increased, limiting access to quality health care
  1 15 in Iowa; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 16    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
  1 17 SENATE CONCURRING, That the legislative council is
  1 18 requested to establish a medical liability insurance
  1 19 interim committee.  The purpose of the interim
  1 20 committee shall be to provide regulatory agencies and
  1 21 the general assembly with possible solutions to
  1 22 alleviate problems regarding the availability and
  1 23 affordability of medical liability insurance in Iowa.
  1 24 The interim committee may consider, but not be limited
  1 25 to considering, a broad range of factors affecting the
  1 26 availability and affordability of medical liability
  1 27 insurance in Iowa, including the number of medical
  1 28 malpractice incidents filed over the past five years,
  1 29 the premium amounts charged by medical liability
  1 30 insurers, the type of damages awarded in medical
  2  1 liability actions, insurance regulatory requirements,
  2  2 and applicable state and federal law.
  2  3    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the legislative
  2  4 council shall select the members of the committee,
  2  5 which shall include three members of the house of
  2  6 representatives appointed by the speaker of the house,
  2  7 three members from the senate appointed by the co=
  2  8 presidents of the senate, all of whom shall be voting
  2  9 members, representatives of medical liability
  2 10 insurers, health care professionals and health care
  2 11 facilities that purchase medical liability insurance,
  2 12 attorneys that represent plaintiffs in medical
  2 13 liability actions, attorneys that represent defendants
  2 14 in medical liability actions, and any other parties or
  2 15 experts as deemed appropriate by the legislative
  2 16 council, all of whom shall be nonvoting members; and
  2 17    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim committee
  2 18 shall submit a report to the general assembly on or
  2 19 before January 15, 2006, regarding the committee's
  2 20 findings and recommended solutions, including proposed
  2 21 legislation, to make medical liability insurance more
  2 22 available and more affordable in Iowa.
  2 23 LSB 3030HV 81
  2 24 rh:rj/sh/8