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HOUSE BILL 1299

File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures

Sponsored By:
Delegates Vallario, Anderson, Carter, Dumais, Gutierrez, Hennessy, Kelley, Kelly, Lee, Menes, Quinter, Simmons, Amedori, Arnick, Aumann, Bartlett, Boschert, Boteler, Boutin, Bozman, Brown, Burns, Cane, Cryor, D. Davis, Doory, DeBoy, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Fulton, Glassman, Haddaway, Hammen, Harrison, Hurson, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kirk, Krebs, Krysiak, Leopold, Love, McComas, McConkey, McHale, McKee, McMillan, Miller, Minnick, Moe, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Parrott, Pendergrass, Shank, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Trueschler, Vaughn, Walkup, Weldon, and Zirkin

Entitled:
Medical Malpractice Reforms and Task Force

Synopsis:

Requiring that health care malpractice awards or verdicts be itemized in a specified manner; providing that a health care malpractice award or verdict be reduced to the extent of specified payments less specified costs under specified circumstances; requiring mediation of health care malpractice actions under specified circumstances; establishing a Task Force on Medical Malpractice; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/13
First Reading Economic Matters & Judiciary
2/23
Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
2/24
Hearing cancelled
Hearing 3/2 at 11:00 a.m. (Economic Matters & Judiciary)
3/27
Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
3/26
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Motion Special Order 3/29 (Delegate Owings) Rejected (57-78)
Special Order after Third Reading calendar (Delegate Owings) Adopted
3/27
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/28
Third Reading Passed (136-1)
Senate Action
3/30
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
3/31
Hearing 4/8 at 1:00 p.m.

Sponsored by:

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5A
Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
Delegate John S. Arnick, District 6
Delegate Susan L. M. Aumann, District 42
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate W. Louis Hennessy, District 28
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Rick K. Impallaria, District 7
Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26
Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Herb McMillan, District 30
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Warren E. Miller, District 9A
Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 6
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13
Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5A
Delegate John G. Trueschler, District 42
Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
COURT OF APPEALS
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
DAMAGES
EVIDENCE
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
INSURANCE -see also- HEALTH INS; MAIF; MOTOR VEHICLE INS
LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
MEDIATION -see also- ARBITRATION
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
REPORTS
SUNSET
TORTS -see also- LIBEL & SLANDER; MED MALP; WRONGFUL DEATH
WITNESSES

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 3-2A-01 , 3-2A-04 , 3-2A-05 , 3-2A-06D , 3-2A-06C , 3-2A-06 , 3-2A-09 , 5-615 , 6-201 , 6-203 , 6-203 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (RTF / PDF), Third Reading (RTF / PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (WORD / PDF)

Amendments:
House
Number: 663393/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 27, 2004   at: 10:42 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 26, 2004: Motion Special Order until 3/29 (Owings) Rejected (57-78)
March 28, 2004: Third Reading Passed (136-1)


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