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MO SB227
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Section 490.715, RSMo to change medical damages evidence from "value" to "cost" of treatment, limiting recoverable amounts to actual dollars paid plus projected amounts owed to healthcare providers
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Pre-trial payments by defendants or their insurers toward a plaintiff's special damages become inadmissible at trial and non-recoverable from that defendant
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Defendants who make pre-trial payments lose their right to receive credit against a judgment under Section 490.710, unless those payments were included in the plaintiff's claim for special damages at trial
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Prohibits presenting billed charges to juries that exceed the actual cost of medical treatment under provider agreements
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Removes the previous rebuttable presumption framework and court determination process for establishing medical treatment value outside the jury's hearing
Legislative Description
Modifies provisions relating to the collateral source rule and provides that parties may introduce evidence of the cost, rather than the value, of the medical treatment rendered
Last Action
S Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection--SB 227-Emery, with SS (pending)
5/15/2015