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Relating to noneconomic damage awards against health care providers
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 15, 2021
- Done: House committeeFebruary 18, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 592
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 592 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 592 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who are injured or die due to a healthcare provider's actions can now receive more money for non-financial losses like pain and suffering. The maximum amount they can get is being raised from $250,000 to $1 million. This change also removes the previous rule that allowed juries to bypass the limit in certain cases.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, the limit for the total amount recoverable for noneconomic damages for personal injury or death against a health care provider in a civil action is $250,000, unless the jury determines that there is substantial or permanent loss or impairment of a bodily function, substantial disfigurement, or death, which warrants a finding that imposition of such a limitation would deprive the plaintiff of just compensation for the injuries sustained. This bill increases the cap from $250,000 to $1 million and removes the exception to the cap.
House subcommittee
Named February 15, 2021. On February 16, 2021 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
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