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2001 SESSION
SB 808 Medical malpractice cap.
Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Medical malpractice cap. Provides that the medical malpractice cap for actions occurring prior to August 1, 1999, is the amount set forth in the statute at the time the act of malpractice occurred. The bill provides that this amendment is declarative of existing law. Apparently some plaintiffs have argued that there is no cap for actions arising prior to August 1, 1999, because the time period prior to August 1, 1999, is not mentioned in the statute as it was amended by the 1999 General Assembly to increase the cap effective August 1, 1999.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/06/00 015951508 pdf
- 02/22/01 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB808ER) pdf
- 03/19/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/06/00 015951508
- 01/10/01 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/01 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/11/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/11/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/12/01 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/15/01 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/15/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/15/01 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/06/01 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/01 House: Read first time
- 02/06/01 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/01 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (23-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/01 House: Read second time
- 02/16/01 House: Read third time
- 02/16/01 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/01 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/01 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB808ER)
- 02/23/01 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/26/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/14/01 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 211 (effective 7/1/01)
- 03/19/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)