HOUSE BILL 506

File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 857

Sponsored By:

Delegate Anderson

Entitled:

Health Care Malpractice Claims - Expert Witnesses - Admissibility of Insurance Coverage

Synopsis:

Providing that the existence of professional liability insurance coverage is admissible at the hearing of a claim or the trial of an action against a health care provider for alleged medical injury solely for the purpose of assessing the bias, if any, of an expert witness, if the expert's professional liability insurance carrier is a mutual or self-insured entity and a judgment against a defendant in the action would be paid by the expert's carrier.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

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House Action

2/2

First Reading Judiciary

2/8

Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.

2/28

Hearing cancelled

3/5

Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn

Senate Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims

Evidence

Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations

Hearings

Insurance -see also- Health Ins; MAIF; Motor Vehicle Ins

Liability -see also- Good Samaritan

Medical Malpractice

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

Trials

Witnesses

Bill affects the following Statute:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 10-922 )

Documents

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Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note: Available

Amendments: None offered

Committee Votes :

House

Judiciary