SF 2175: Relating to medical malpractice by exempting claims involving sexual assault from the limitations on noneconomic damages

What it does

This bill creates an exception to a medical malpractice limitation on damages in personal injury actions that involve a sexual assault. The bill provides that if the health care provider is a defendant in a personal injury action, the limitation on noneconomic damages does not apply if the defendant’s action is sexual in nature regardless of if the action was committed under the guise of medical diagnosis, counseling, or treatment or if the patient believed at the time the act occurred it was for medical diagnosis, counseling, or treatment.

Senate subcommittee · named February 1, 2024

• Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Chapter of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO); Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa

In plain words

1. January 31, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
2. February 1, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Quirmbach and Webster