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Relating to noneconomic damage awards against health care providers
Sponsored by the Senate Judiciary (companion To Hf 592 By Committee on Human Resources) Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 24, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 18, 2021
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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
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 new limit applies to everyone, even if the injury does not involve a permanent loss of body function or death.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.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 19, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.
- Sen. J. Taylor
- Sen. Nate Boulton D
- Sen. Brad Zaun R
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