Fifth. with respect to product liability. if a health care producer of medical devices or drugs goes through the Food and Drug Administration approval process. punitive damages may not be awarded In medical product liability claim. However. if a company withholds Information or misrepresents the product during the approval process. punitive damages may be assessed. Sixth. a nationwide Insurance risk pool will be created for Community and Migrant Health Centers. A grant for establishing the risk pool will be provided through the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Since Community and Migrant Health Centers have such a low rate of medical malpractice cases levied against them. creating a risk pool specifically for those centers will reduce their medical malpractice Insurance costs. I encourage my colleagues to cosponsor this Important malpractice tort reform legislation.