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
