Medical Malpractice
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Medical Liability Efficiency Act of 2015 [HB-547]
Repealing provisions relating to the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office; prohibiting a person from bringing an action against a health care provider for a medical injury unless the person provides to the health care provider a specified notice, medical records, and releases at least 90 days in advance of the action; terminating the Health Claims Arbitration Fund; altering the content of specified certificates of a qualified expert; etc.
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [HB-492]
Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a specified physician; providing that the failure of a physician to perform specified actions is deemed unprofessional conduct; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Health Care Malpractice - Certificates and Reports of Qualified Experts [HB-470]
Establishing specified procedures for determining the legal sufficiency of specified certificates of qualified experts and their reports in health care malpractice claims or actions; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Immunities - Associations, Organizations, and Charities - Liability of Agents and Volunteers [HB-41]
Altering the definition of "community association" for purposes of provisions of law limiting the civil liability of specified associations and their agents under specified circumstances; altering specified definitions, for purposes of the Maryland Associations, Organizations, and Agents Act, to include specified former tax exempt entities; providing that specified volunteers may not be held personally liable for the obligations of the association or organization; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Establishment of Health Courts [HB-402]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Establishment of Health Courts; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study the adequacy and cost of State laws and policies relating to the litigation of medical malpractice cases and make recommendations regarding the establishment of health courts to hear medical malpractice cases and the feasibility of assigning a medical malpractice case to a single judge throughout the litigation process; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Catastrophic Injury [HB-398]
Altering the maximum amount of noneconomic damages that may be recovered in health care malpractice and other civil actions for a catastrophic injury under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Medical Professional Liability Insurance for Nonprofit Health Care Providers MC 4-15 [HB-107]
Requiring counties to provide medical professional liability insurance for specified nonprofit health care providers in the amount of $200,000 per occurrence or claim, and $500,000 per total claims that arise from the same occurrence; etc.
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Maine 127th Legislature
An Act To Amend the Definition of "Health Care Practitioner" in the Maine Health Security Act To Include Pharmacists [HB-141]
An Act To Amend the Definition of "Health Care Practitioner" in the Maine Health Security Act To Include Pharmacists
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Care Provider Malpractice Insurance - Scope of Coverage [SB-832]
Repealing a prohibition on the inclusion, in a policy that insures a health care provider against damages due to medical injury arising from providing or failing to provide health care, of coverage for the defense of a health care provider in a specified disciplinary hearing; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund [SB-798]
Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; excluding specified rights and remedies of a claimant and specified other persons; providing for specified procedures; providing for specified benefits and compensation of a claimant under the Act; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund; providing for specified premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Catastrophic Injury [SB-789]
Altering the maximum amount of noneconomic damages that may be recovered in health care malpractice and other civil actions for a catastrophic injury under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Care Malpractice Claims - Definition of "Health Care Provider" [SB-702]
Altering the definition of "health care provider" for purposes of health care malpractice claims.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [SB-34]
Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a specified physician; providing that the failure of a physician to perform specified actions is deemed unprofessional conduct; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Occupations - State Board of Physicians - Naturopathic Doctors [SB-314]
Establishing the Naturopathic Medicine Advisory Committee within the State Board of Pharmacy; providing for the composition of the Committee; providing for the terms of a Committee member; specifying the duties of the Committee; requiring the Board to adopt specified regulations; requiring the Board to set fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses; requiring the Board to pay the fees to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to distribute the fees of the Board; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Admissibility of Writings or Records of Health Care Providers [HB-996]
Making records and writings of specified health care providers admissible in specified health care malpractice trials under specified circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Care Malpractice - Limitation on Noneconomic Damages [HB-930]
Decreasing a specified limitation on noneconomic damages in health care malpractice claims arising on or after October 1, 2014, to $500,000; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Sexual Orientation Change Efforts - Prohibited [HB-91]
Prohibiting specified mental health care practitioners, including physicians, professional counselors and therapists, psychologists, and social workers, from engaging in specified sexual orientation change efforts with a patient who is a minor; providing that a specified mental health care practitioner who engages in sexual orientation change efforts with a minor patient shall be considered to have committed unprofessional conduct and shall be subject to discipline by a specified licensing board; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility [HB-635]
Repealing an exception to the provision of law that an expression of regret or apology made by a health care provider is inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability or an admission against interest in a malpractice proceeding or civil action against the health care provider; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Occupations - State Board of Physicians - Naturopathic Doctors [HB-402]
Establishing the Naturopathic Medicine Advisory Committee within the State Board of Physicians; providing for the composition of the Committee; providing for the terms of a Committee member; specifying the duties of the Committee; requiring the Board to adopt specified regulations; requiring the Board to set specified fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses; requiring the Board to pay the fees to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to distribute the fees of the Board; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Care Malpractice Claims - Definition of "Health Care Provider" [HB-395]
Altering the definition of "health care provider" for purposes of health care malpractice claims.