1996 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 779

File Code: Tort Reform Prior Year Introduction As: HB 967/95 - JUD Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 454
Sponsored By:
Delegates Harkins, Jacobs, Bonsack, Holt, Klima, Owings, and Walkup
Entitled:
Health Care Malpractice Claims - Attorneys' Fees

Synopsis:

Establishing a 180-day period after a health care provider files a response to a health care malpractice claim in which the provider may deliver to the claimant a statement accepting responsibility for the claim and specifying a certain amount that the health care provider is willing to pay; and prohibiting a health care provider from contesting liability if a claimant accepts a statement filed under the Act.

Legislative History

House Action
2/2
First Reading Judiciary
2/7
Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
3/4
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A
Delegate Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, District 34
Delegate Kenneth Holt, District 6
Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ATTORNEYS -see also- LEGAL AID, STATE'S ATTORNEYS
CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL
Bill affects the following Statute:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 3-2A-07A )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available