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2016 SESSION

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HB 637 Medical malpractice actions; extends limitations period.

Introduced by: Gregory D. Habeeb | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Medical malpractice actions; limitations period. Extends the two-year limitations period for personal injury actions in malpractice cases arising out of the negligent failure to diagnose an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma or to communicate such diagnosis to the patient for a period of one year from the date the existence of an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma is communicated to the patient. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/16  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100548D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/24/16  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB637ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/01/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/11/16  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100548D
• 01/11/16  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/14/16  House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
• 01/20/16  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/16  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/16  House: Read first time
• 02/01/16  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/02/16  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/16  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/03/16  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/17/16  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/16  Senate: Read third time
• 02/22/16  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/16  House: Enrolled
• 02/24/16  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB637ER)
• 02/24/16  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/25/16  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/25/16  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/25/16
• 02/25/16  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 3, 2016
• 03/01/16  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 190 (effective 7/1/16)
• 03/01/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190)