Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1, strike line 7 and all that follows through page 2, line 18 and insert the following: (a) Statute of Limitations.-- (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the time for the commencement of a health care lawsuit shall be, whichever occurs first of the following: (A) 3 years after the date of the occurrence of the breach or tort; (B) 3 years after the date the medical or health care treatment that is the subject of the claim is completed; or (C) 1 year after the claimant discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the injury. (2) Tolling.--In no event shall the time for commencement of a health care lawsuit exceed 3 years after the date of the occurrence of the breach or tort or 3 years after the date the medical or health care treatment that is the subject of the claim is completed (whichever occurs first) unless tolled for any of the following-- (A) upon proof of fraud; (B) intentional concealment; or (C) the presence of a foreign body, which has no therapeutic or diagnostic purpose or effect, in the person of the injured person.…”