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2003 SESSION

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HB 1777 Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association.

Introduced by: Clifton A. Woodrum | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association. Specifies that the limits of liability for policies written in the Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association may not exceed two million for each claimant under any one policy and six million for all claimants under one policy in any one year. Currently, the limits of liability for such policies may not exceed one million for each claimant under any one policy and three million for all claimants under one policy in any one year. This measure will conform this provision with the cap on recovery in medical malpractice actions. The measure has an emergency clause.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/03  House: Pres. & ord. printed w/emg. clause pref.01/07/03 030321254  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1777ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/26/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0488)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/08/03  House: Pres. & ord. printed w/emg. clause pref.01/07/03 030321254
• 01/08/03  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/14/03  House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/16/03  House: Read first time
• 01/17/03  House: Passed by for the day
• 01/20/03  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/21/03  House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/03  House: VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/03  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/22/03  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/22/03  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/17/03  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/03  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/03  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/03  Senate: Read third time
• 02/19/03  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/03  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1777ER)
• 03/05/03  House: Enrolled
• 03/05/03  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/06/03  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/16/03  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 488 (effective 3/16/03)
• 03/26/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0488)