,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adgc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,gingrey of ,georgia 7for himself  
and ,mr4 ,cuellar7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
the ,judiciary1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prevent certain ,federal 
health care laws from establishing      
health care provider standards of care  
in medical malpractice cases1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,standard of   
,care ,protection ,act of #bjac4  #b4   
,construction regarding health care     
provider standards of care  7a7 ,in     
general ,the development1 recognition1  
or implementation of any guideline or   
other standard under any ,federal health

 care provision shall not be construed  
to establish the standard of care or    
duty of care owed by a health care      
provider to a patient in any medical    
malpractice case4  7b7 ,definitions ,for
 purposes of this ,act3  7#a7 ,the term 
,federal health care provision means any
 provision of the ,patient ,protection  
and ,affordable ,care ,act 7,public ,law
 #aaa-adh7 and the amendments made by   
that ,act1 and titles ,,xviii and ,,xix 
of the ,social ,security ,act4  7#b7    
,the term medical malpractice case means
 a medical malpractice action or claim  
7as defined in section #dca7g7 of the   
,health ,care ,quality ,improvement ,act
 of #aihf 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aaaea7g7774   
7#c7 ,the term ,state includes the      
,district of ,columbia1 ,puerto ,rico1  
and any other commonwealth1 possession1 
or territory of the ,united ,states4    
7c7 ,no preemption ,no provision of the 
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7,public ,law #aaa-adh7 or   
the amendments made by that ,act shall  

be construed to preempt any ,state law  
governing medical professional liability
 cases4