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2000 SESSION

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SB 405 Tort liability; hospitals.

Introduced by: Martin E. Williams | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Tort liability; hospitals. Allows a judgment against a nonprofit hospital to include the difference between insurance coverage and the medical malpractice cap. Under current law a nonprofit hospital which is insured for torts or negligence for not less than $500,000 for each occurrence is liable in medical malpractice actions to the extent of its insurance or the medical malpractice cap, whichever is less. This bill eliminates the insurance cap as a limitation of liability.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/00  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 000230568  pdf
• 03/13/00  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB405ER)  pdf
• 04/17/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0464)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/21/00  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 000230568
• 01/21/00  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/13/00  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/00  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/00  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/00  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/15/00  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/00  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/00  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/00  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/00  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/21/00  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/21/00  House: Read first time
• 02/21/00  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/23/00  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 2
• 02/25/00  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (23-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/00  House: Read second time
• 02/29/00  House: Read third time
• 02/29/00  House: Passed by temporarily
• 02/29/00  House: Passed House (95-Y 1-N)
• 02/29/00  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 03/13/00  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB405ER)
• 03/15/00  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/16/00  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/16/00  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/05/00  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 464 (effective 7/1/00)
• 04/17/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0464)