File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 301  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators
Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs,
Mooney, Pipkin, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Maryland Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act
 
Requiring a certificate of a qualified expert for each defendant in
specified causes of action; requiring the itemization of specified
damages and of specified awards and verdicts; allowing the
introduction of specified evidence relating to damages; establishing a
limit on noneconomic damages for specified causes of action; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/21
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 - 2/16
 - Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
 
House Action
- No Action
 
Sponsored by:
- President of the Senate
 - Administration
 - Senator David R. Brinkley, District 4
 - Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
 - Senator Janet Greenip, District 33
 - Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
 - Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
 - Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 7
 - Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
 - Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
 - Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
 - Senator E. J. Pipkin, District 36
 - Senator Sandra B. Schrader, District 13
 - Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ARBITRATION -see also- MEDIATION
 - ATTORNEYS
 - CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
 - DAMAGES
 - DISCIPLINE
 - EVIDENCE
 - FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
 - HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
 - HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
 - HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
 - HEARINGS
 - INSURANCE -see also- HEALTH INS; MAIF; MOTOR VEHICLE INS
 - INTEREST
 - JUDGMENTS
 - JURIES -see also- GRAND JURIES
 - LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
 - PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
 - SALARIES -see also- OVERTIME
 - SECURITY INTERESTS -see also- LIENS; MECHANICS' LIENS
 - TORTS -see also- LIBEL & SLANDER; MED MALP; WRONGFUL DEATH
 - UNCOMPENSATED CARE
 - WITNESSES
 - WRONGFUL DEATH
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Courts and Judicial Proceedings
 - (
 3-2A-10 ,
 3-2A-09B ,
 3-2A-09A ,
 3-2A-06 ,
 3-2A-05 ,
 3-2A-05 ,
 3-2A-08 ,
 3-2A-06 ,
 3-2A-05 ,
 3-2A-10 ,
 3-2A-09 ,
 3-2A-06 ,
 3-2A-05 ,
 3-2A-04 ,
 8-306 ,
 9-124 ,
 11-107 ,
 11-108 ,
 11-108 ,
 11-109 ,
 11-109 
)
 -   Health Occupations
 - (
 14-101 ,
 14-302 ,
 14-302 ,
 14-401 ,
 14-404 
)
 -   Insurance
 - (
 24-214 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments:
None offered