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Relating to medical malpractice by exempting claims involving sexual assault from the limitations on noneconomic damages
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 31, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 1, 2024
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 If a healthcare provider sexually assaults a patient, the usual limits on how much money a person can win in a lawsuit will no longer apply. This rule covers situations where the provider uses medical treatment or counseling as an excuse for the assault. It protects patients by allowing them to seek full compensation for their injuries in these specific cases.1
Read the official explanation
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. It hasn’t reported yet.
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