CS/SB 248 -  Medical Negligence

by Judiciary and Yarborough (CO-SPONSORS) Burgess; Book; Hutson; Perry; Stewart
Revising the limits on noneconomic damages for personal injury or wrongful death arising from medical negligence; deleting a provision that prohibits adult children and parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits; requiring that medical malpractice insurer rate filings reflect certain changes in costs and expenses; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to consider such changes in its review of rate filings, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2024
Last Event: 03/08/24 S Died in Fiscal Policy on Friday, March 8, 2024 2:25 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Judiciary
    • On agenda for: 01/22/24 1:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 2
  • Fiscal Policy
  • Rules

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Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 1/23/2024 4:32:41 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 1/19/2024 1:03:03 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Fiscal Policy Time: 03/08/2024 - 2:25 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Policy Version: c1
Event: S CS by Judiciary read 1st time Time: 01/24/2024 - 5:08 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S Now in Fiscal Policy Time: 01/24/2024 - 8:35 AM Member: Committee: Fiscal Policy Version: c1
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy; Rules Time: 01/24/2024 - 8:35 AM Member: Committee: Fiscal Policy Version: c1
Event: S Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Time: 01/24/2024 - 8:35 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/23/2024 - 4:46 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 2 Time: 01/22/2024 - 3:51 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/22/24, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/17/2024 - 2:22 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Introduced Time: 01/09/2024 - 9:37 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules Time: 11/07/2023 - 8:52 AM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/20/2023 - 4:51 PM Member: Committee: Version: __