Medical malpractice; limitations on recovery, certain actions.
Summary
Medical malpractice; limitations on recovery;certain actions. Eliminates the cap on the recovery in actionsagainst health care providers for medical malpractice where the act or acts of malpractice occurred on or after July 1, 2024, and occurredagainst a patient age 10 or younger.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Feb 8, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Feb 8, 2024
Committee
Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 9-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 4-N 3-A)
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
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