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IN SB0055

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/6/2015

Primary Sponsor

Brent Steele

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

Legislative Description

Medical malpractice actions. Permits a patient to bring an action against a health care provider without submitting the complaint to the medical review board if: (1) the amount of the claim is not more than $15,000; (2) the cause of action is based on the removal of the wrong body part; or (3) the cause of action is based on the existence of a foreign object in the patient's body.

Last Action

Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 156: yeas 22, nays 27

2/16/2015

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/6/2015

Full Bill Text

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