HOUSE BILL 340

Sponsored By:

Delegates Dumais and Simmons

Entitled:

Health Care Malpractice - Certificate and Report of Qualified Expert - Objection

Synopsis:

Establishing when objections to a certificate of a qualified expert or expert report must be filed in health care malpractice cases; and requiring a party to file a legally sufficient certificate of a qualified expert and report within 30 days after an arbitration panel chairman or the court rules a certificate or report legally insufficient.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

House Action

2/2

First Reading Judiciary

Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.

3/7

Unfavorable Report by Judiciary

Senate Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15

Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Arbitration -see also- Mediation

Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims

Courts -see also- Circuit; Appeals; District; Orphans'; etc.

Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations

Liability -see also- Good Samaritan

Medical Malpractice

Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc

Reports

Witnesses

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 3-2A-04 , 3-2A-04 )

Documents

Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note: Available

Amendments: None offered

Committee Votes :

House

Judiciary