File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 306
- Sponsored By:
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The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators
Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kittleman,
Mooney, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled:
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Maryland Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act
Requiring a certificate of a qualified expert for each defendant in
specified causes of action; altering specified provisions relating to
the amount of time an expert may devote to specified activities;
allowing the introduction and consideration of specified evidence
relating to damages under specified circumstances; requiring a court
to appoint a neutral expert under specified circumstances; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/23
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Motion Rules Suspended Referred (Senator Green) Adopted
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- 2/15
- Hearing 3/1 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 Larry E. Haines, District 5
- Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
- Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Allan H. Kittleman, District 9
- Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
- Senator Sandra B. Schrader, District 13
- Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ARBITRATION -see also- MEDIATION
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- DAMAGES
- EVIDENCE
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- INSURANCE -see also- HEALTH INS; MAIF; MOTOR VEHICLE INS
- INTEREST
- JUDGMENTS
- JURIES -see also- GRAND JURIES
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- REPORTS
- TORTS -see also- LIBEL & SLANDER; MED MALP; WRONGFUL DEATH
- WITNESSES
- WRONGFUL DEATH
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
3-2A-01 ,
3-2A-04 ,
3-2A-05 ,
3-2A-05 ,
3-2A-06 ,
3-2A-06 ,
3-2A-09B ,
3-2A-09A ,
3-2A-09 ,
3-2A-10 ,
8-306 ,
9-124 ,
10-920 ,
11-107 ,
11-108 ,
11-108
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered