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HOUSE BILL NO. 1396 Offered January 24, 2000 A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-35 of the Code of Virginia, relating to damages for loss of income. ---------- Patron-- McDonnell ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8.01-35 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted, as follows:

§ 8.01-35. Damages for loss of income not diminished by reimbursement; evidence of medical expenses.

In any suit brought for personal injury or death, provable damages for loss of income due to such injury or death shall not be diminished because of reimbursement of income to the plaintiff or decedent from any other source, nor shall the fact of any such reimbursement be admitted into evidence. In any such suit, evidence of provable damages for medical expenses incurred shall not include any expenses that have been forgiven or adjusted by a health care provider or insurer, nor for which the plaintiff or decedent has no legal obligation to pay.