Healthcare Liability - As enacted, increases from 60 to 65 the number of days a person asserting a potential claim for healthcare liability must give written notice of the potential claim to each healthcare provider that will be a named defendant before filing a complaint in court. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 17 and Title 29.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2017
Last action Mar 27, 2018
Floor votes
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Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
10
Mar 27, 2018
Committee
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Mar 21, 2018
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
upper
Apr 5, 2017
Lower · Passed
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
lower
Mar 30, 2017
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
upper
Mar 29, 2017
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
lower
Mar 29, 2017
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
lower
Mar 22, 2017
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
lower
Feb 14, 2017
Committee
Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
lower
Feb 13, 2017
Committee
P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
lower
Feb 9, 2017
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
Feb 8, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Feb 8, 2017
Introduced
Filed for intro.
lower
Feb 6, 2017
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Feb 2, 2017
Introduced
Filed for introduction
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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