House Committee Moves Medical Liability Reform Forward

The House Judiciary Committee voted 16 to 14 to approve medical reform liability legislation and move it to the House Budget Committee, according to an AHA News Now report.

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The reform is part of a House bill which passed earlier this year that seeks to abolish the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s Independent Payment Advisory Board. The bill will likely not pass the current Democratic-controlled Senate.

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