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NE LB205
Bill
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Carolyn Bosn
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AI Summary
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Limits evidence of medical expense damages to amounts actually paid or owed, rather than full billed charges, with uninsured claimants limited to 120% of Medicare rates or 170% of Medicaid rates
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Requires claimants using "letters of protection" (deferred payment arrangements with healthcare providers) to disclose the letter, itemized bills with medical coding, any sale of the debt to factoring companies, and whether their attorney made the referral
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Caps noneconomic damages at $1 million per plaintiff in personal injury or death lawsuits involving commercial motor vehicles requiring a commercial driver's license
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Protects individual contracts between healthcare providers and insurers from discovery or admission as evidence in personal injury cases
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Requires courts to first determine full noneconomic damages, then reduce awards exceeding the $1 million cap in commercial vehicle cases
Legislative Description
Provide requirements for admissibility of evidence relating to medical expenses, require disclosures by plaintiffs seeking damages for such expenses, and provide a cap on noneconomic damages in certain civil actions against commercial motor vehicle carriers
Last Action
Title printed. Carryover bill
1/7/2026