PUBLIC LAW 102-501—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3271 "(i) the value and frequency of all claims for damage for personal injury, including death, resulting from the performance of medical, surgical, dental, or related functions by entities described in subsection (g)(4) or by officers, employees, or contractors (subject to subsection (g)(5)) of such entities who are deemed to be employees of the Public Health Service under subsection (g)(1) that, during the preceding 5-year period, are filed under this section or, with respect to years occurring before this subsection takes effect, are filed against persons other than the United States, "(ii) the amounts paid during that 5-year period on all claims described in clause (i), regardless of when such claims were filed, adjusted to reflect payments which would not be permitted under section 1346 and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, and "(iii) amounts in the fund established under paragraph (2) but unspent from prior fiscal years. "(2) Subject to appropriations, for each of the fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995, the Secretary shall establish a fund of an amoiint equal to the amount estimated under paragraph (1) that is attributable to entities receiving funds under each of the grant programs described in paragraph (4) of subsection (g), but not to exceed a total of $30,000,000 for each such fiscal year. "(3) In order for payments to be made for judgments against the United States (together with related fees and expenses of witnesses) pursuant to this section arising from the acts or omissions of entities described in subsection (g)(4) and of officers, employees, or contractors (subject to subsection (g)(5)) of such entities, the total amount contained within the fund established by the Secretary under paragraph (2) for a fiscal year shall be transferred not later than the December 31 that occurs during the fiscal year to the appropriate accounts in the Treasury.". SEC. 5. REPORT ON RISK EXPOSURE OF COVERED ENTITIES. 42 USC 233 note. (a) IN GENERAL. —Not later than April 1, 1995, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereafter referred to as the "Secretary"), shall submit a report to Congress on the medical malpractice liability claims experience of entities subject to section 224(g) of the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 2(a)) and the risk exposure associated with such entities. (b) EFFECT OF LIABILITY PROTECTIONS ON COSTS INCURRED BY COVERED ENTITIES.—The Attorney General's report under subsection (a) shall include an analysis by the Secretary comparing— (1) the Secretary's estimate of the aggregate amounts that such entities (together with the of^cers, employees, and contractors of such entities who are subject to section 224(g) of such Act) would have directly or indirectly paid to obtain medical malpractice liability insurance coverage had section 224(g) of the Public Health Service Act not been enacted into law, with (2) the aggregate amounts by which the grants received
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