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