Medical Malpractice
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office - Authority of Director - Dispositive Issues of Law [HB-717]
Authorizing the Director of the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office to rule on dispositive issues of law under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
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Maryland Health Care Commission - Study on Expansion of Interstate Telehealth [HB-670]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in consultation with certain State agencies and stakeholders, to study ways that interstate telehealth can be expanded to allow State residents to use telehealth to receive health services from out-of-state practitioners; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on or before December 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 2/10 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/02/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Medical malpractice actions, certain; limitation on recovery. [SB-599]
Limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions. Provides that the limits on recovery in medical malpractice cases shall not apply when the plaintiff has sustained certain catastrophic injuries. Limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions. Provides that the limits on recovery in medical malpractice cases shall not apply when the plaintiff has sustained certain catastrophic injuries.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary With Letter (12-y 3-n) on 02/07/2022
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Utah 2022 General Session
Court-appointed Therapists Amendments [HB-111]
Court-appointed Therapists Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Weiler
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/23/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact [SB-154]
Entering into the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact; establishing criteria for participating states; authorizing an advanced practice registered nurse to practice in a party state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing the Interstate Commission of APRN Compact Administrators and its duties and powers; providing for the amendment of and withdrawal from the Compact; and providing the Compact is contingent on the enacting of substantially similar legislation in six other states.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Hearing 2/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
State Board of Dental Examiners Disciplinary Process and Actions Report [SB-836]
Requiring the State Board of Dental Examiners to study and make recommendations on certain matters; and requiring the Board to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2021, its findings and recommendations regarding necessary revisions to the disciplinary process and actions of the State Board of Dental Examiners to improve the process of disciplining dentists in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 361 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Health - Abortion - Drug-Induced Abortions [HB-1198]
Providing that an abortion-inducing drug may be prescribed only by a qualified physician; requiring a qualified physician to meet certain requirements to be authorized to prescribe an abortion-inducing drug; requiring a physician to take certain actions before prescribing an abortion-inducing drug; prohibiting certain consent from being considered completed except under certain circumstances; providing that a physician who violates certain provisions of the Act in a certain manner is guilty of a felony; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Hearing Canceled on 03/18/2021
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund [SB-862]
Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing equitable compensation, on a no-fault basis, for a limited class of catastrophic injuries that result in unusually high costs for custodial care and rehabilitation; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for certain premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/21/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Health Care Malpractice Qualified Expert - Limitation on Testimony in Personal Injury Claims - Repeal [SB-30]
Repealing the requirement that a health care provider who attests in a certificate of a qualified expert or who testifies in relation to a proceeding before an arbitration panel or a court concerning compliance with or departure from standards of care devote no more than 20% of the provider's professional activities to activities that directly involve testimony in personal injury claims.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Third Reading Failed (41-89) on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund [HB-909]
Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing for certain benefits and compensation, of a claimant under the Act; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for certain premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations And Judiciary) on 03/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Dentistry Act - Revisions [HB-1726]
Authorizing the president or executive director of the State Board of Dental Examiners to apply to a District Court or circuit court for a search warrant to enter private premises where the Board has determined there is cause to believe that an individual, who is not licensed to practice, is practicing or intending to practice clinical dentistry; authorizing the Board to issue a cease and desist order; prohibiting a person from practicing or intending to practice clinical or nonclinical dentistry without a certain license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Health Care Malpractice Qualified Expert – Limitation on Testimony in Personal Injury Claims [HB-1581]
Providing that a health care provider who attests in a certificate of a qualified expert or who testifies in relation to a proceeding before an arbitration panel or a court concerning compliance with or departure from standards of care may not have devoted more than 20% of the provider's professional activities to activities that directly involve testimony in personal injury claims during the 12 months immediately preceding a certain date; and applying the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Vallario
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/05/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-871]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund [SB-869]
Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing for certain benefits and compensation of a claimant under the Act; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for certain premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; requiring the Maryland Patient Safety Center to convene a certain Perinatal Clinical Advisory Committee; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing Canceled (judicial Proceedings) on 02/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Personal Injury or Wrongful Death - Noneconomic Damages [SB-813]
Repealing a certain limitation on noneconomic damages for health care malpractice actions that arise on or after October 1, 2019; increasing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in an action for wrongful death in which there are two or more claimants or beneficiaries; and applying certain limitations on noneconomic damages in an action for personal injury or wrongful death to a health care malpractice action that arises on or after October 1, 2019.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/06 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Health Care Malpractice Claims (Life Care Act 2019) [SB-784]
Requiring a certain award or verdict for future medical expenses to be based solely on average Medicare reimbursement rates in effect on the date of the award or verdict for the locality in which the care is to be provided; requiring a certain award or verdict for future medical expenses for hospital facility services to be based on certain rates; requiring a certain award or verdict for future medical expenses for nursing facility services to be based on a certain rate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 3/06 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Care Malpractice Qualified Expert - Qualification [SB-773]
Altering, from 20% to 25%, the percentage of an expert's professional activities that may have been devoted to certain activities that directly involve testimony in personal injury claims during the 12 months immediately before the date when the claim was first filed in order for the expert to qualify to testify in relation to a certain proceeding; establishing that a certain health care provider shall be deemed to have met a certain requirement during the pendency of a claim under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 525 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Care Provider Malpractice Insurance - Authorization to Settle - Clarification [SB-45]
Altering the settlement provision required to be included in policies of health care malpractice insurance to clarify that the insurer is authorized, without restriction, to negotiate and effect a compromise of claims unless the settlement amount exceeds the limits of the insurer's liability.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 106 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Medical Malpractice - Discovery [SB-323]
Establishing that a defendant in a claim filed with the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office may seek discovery as to the basis of a certificate of a qualified expert filed by the claimant or plaintiff without prejudice to later discovery if the attesting expert is designated as a trial expert; prohibiting a deposition of a defendant health care provider from being required until the claimant has filed and served a certain certificate of a qualified expert; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Medical Malpractice - Notice of Intent to File Claim [SB-322]
Prohibiting a claim against a health care provider for damage due to a medical injury from being filed with the Director of the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office unless, at least 90 days before filing the claim, the claimant has given a notice to the health care provider of intent to file a claim; requiring the notice to include certain information and to be served on the health care provider at a certain address; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/30/2019