Relating to noneconomic damage awards against health care providers

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2021
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 15, 2021
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 18, 2021
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   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

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.

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