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2011 SESSION
HB 1459 Medical malpractice; increases cap on recovery in actions against health care providers.
Introduced by: David B. Albo | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Remedies; limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions. Increases from $2 million to $2.05 million, on July 1, 2012, the cap on the recovery in actions against health care providers for medical malpractice. Thereafter, the cap is increased by $50,000 annually with the last increase on July 1, 2031. This bill is identical to SB 771.
FULL TEXT
- 11/30/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100861D pdf
- 01/31/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11104935D-H1 pdf
- 02/17/11 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1459ER) pdf
- 04/06/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 11/30/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100861D
- 11/30/10 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/12/11 House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
- 01/19/11 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/11 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11104935D-H1
- 02/02/11 House: Read first time
- 02/03/11 House: Read second time
- 02/03/11 House: Committee substitute agreed to 11104935D-H1
- 02/03/11 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1459H1
- 02/04/11 House: Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N)
- 02/04/11 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 8-N)
- 02/07/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/11 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/09/11 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/11 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/11 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/14/11 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/14/11 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/14/11 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/11 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/11 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (89-Y 7-N)
- 02/16/11 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (89-Y 7-N)
- 02/17/11 House: Enrolled
- 02/17/11 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1459ER)
- 02/17/11 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/11 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/29/11 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/06/11 House: Governor's veto overridden (93-Y 7-N)
- 04/06/11 House: VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (93-Y 7-N)
- 04/06/11 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 04/06/11 Senate: Passed in enrolled form (30-Y 10-N)
- 04/06/11 Senate: Motion to reconsider passed in enrolled form agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/06/11 Senate: Passed in enrolled form (29-Y 11-N)
- 04/06/11 House: Bill became law, Chapter 758 (effective 7/1/11)
- 04/06/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758)