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Legislation


2012 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 506

File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 857
Sponsored By:
Delegate Anderson
Entitled:
Health Care Malpractice Claims - Expert Witnesses - Admissibility of Insurance Coverage

Synopsis:

Providing that the existence of professional liability insurance coverage is admissible at the hearing of a claim or the trial of an action against a health care provider for alleged medical injury solely for the purpose of assessing the bias, if any, of an expert witness, if the expert's professional liability insurance carrier is a mutual or self-insured entity and a judgment against a defendant in the action would be paid by the expert's carrier.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

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House Action
2/2
First Reading Judiciary
2/8
Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
2/28
Hearing cancelled
3/5
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn
Senate Action
No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
Evidence
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Hearings
Insurance -see also- Health Ins; MAIF; Motor Vehicle Ins
Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
Medical Malpractice
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
Trials
Witnesses

Bill affects the following Statute:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 10-922 )

Documents

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Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal and Policy Note: Available
Amendments: None offered
Committee Votes :
House
Judiciary
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