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Dick Durbin: First, a serious adverse health event is specifically defined in my amendment to include death, life-threatening…

On the recordJune 21, 2004
First, a serious adverse health event is specifically defined in my amendment to include death, life-threatening conditions, inpatient hospitalizations, disability, and incapacity. So it is very serious.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the definition of serious adverse health events in an amendment.

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