MO SB239

Creates a statutory cause of action against healthcare providers for personal injury or death arising from healthcare services, replacing common law medical malpractice claims

Caps noneconomic damages at $400,000 for personal injury cases and $700,000 for cases involving death or catastrophic personal injury (including quadriplegia, paraplegia, loss of limbs, permanent brain injury, major organ failure, or severe vision loss)

Noneconomic damage caps increase automatically by 1.7% annually, with the Director of Insurance calculating and publishing the adjusted amounts each January

Excludes English common law from application to healthcare-related claims, establishing that all such claims must proceed under the statutory framework

Contains a severability clause providing that if any provision is declared unconstitutional, the entire act becomes invalid and prior law remains in effect