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2014 SESSION
HB 718 Personal action for injury to person; malpractice against health care provider, failure to report.
Introduced by: Jennifer L. McClellan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Personal action for injury to person; malpractice against health care provider; failure to report diagnosis of cancer. Provides that where negligence for a delay in communicating to a patient the interpretation of an imaging or diagnostic test or study in a malpractice claim against a health care provider who ordered such test or study that was interpreted to reveal a diagnosis of a malignant tumor or cancer, the normal two-year statute of limitations is extended for a period of one year from the date the diagnosis of a malignant tumor or cancer is communicated to the patient by a health care provider.
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HISTORY
- 01/07/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103337D
- 01/07/14 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/14 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/27/14 House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote