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2005 Regular Session

Senate Bill 131

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE REFORM.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance and Real Estate Committee on June 8, 2005. The 2005 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To revise provisions concerning medical malpractice claims and insurance rates by: (1) Establishing mandatory mediation for medical malpractice claims; (2) revising requirements for good faith certificates and requiring such certificates for apportionment complaints; (3) reducing the interest rate that the court may award with respect to offers of judgment; (4) regulating deviations from the statutory attorney fee schedule; (5) requiring court review of evidence in certain cases when noneconomic damages awarded exceed one million dollars; (6) requiring prior rate approval for medical malpractice insurance rates; (7) revising provisions concerning health care provider oversight; (8) requiring provider-related reporting; and (9) requiring reports from captive insurers.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Joseph J. Crisco Jr.

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Mary G. Fritz

    Its course

    January 12 to June 8, 2005, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action32 actions on 18 days

    In the SenateJan 12 to Jun 8 · stopped147 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeJan 12 to Mar 2269 days

    Public Health CommitteeApr 15 to Apr 2510 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMay 4 to May 95 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMay 18 to May 257 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeJun 8 to Jun 8 · stopped0 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 12 – Jun 8

    1. Jan 12Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    2. Feb 2Drafted as a bill by Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    3. Feb 3Sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    4. Feb 4Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    5. Mar 22Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended a substitute for it
    6. Apr 15Sent to Public Health Committee
    7. Apr 25Public Health Committee recommended it
    8. May 4Sent to Judiciary Committee
    9. Sent to Judiciary Committee
    10. May 9Judiciary Committee recommended it
    11. May 18Sent to Appropriations Committee
    12. May 25Appropriations Committee recommended it
    13. Jun 8Sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    All 32 actions, as published
    1. Jan 12REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Jan 27Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Feb 2DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Feb 3REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Feb 4PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Mar 22Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    7. Mar 22FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    8. Apr 1REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    9. Apr 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Apr 7FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    11. Apr 7SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    12. Apr 7FILE NO.Both houses
    13. Apr 15REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    14. Apr 25Joint FavorableBoth houses
    15. Apr 26FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    16. Apr 26RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    17. Apr 27NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    18. Apr 27FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    19. May 4REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    20. May 4IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMM. ONSenate
    21. May 9Joint FavorableBoth houses
    22. May 10FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    23. May 10RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    24. May 10NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    25. May 10FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    26. May 18REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    27. May 25Joint FavorableBoth houses
    28. May 25FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    29. May 25RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    30. May 25NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    31. May 25FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    32. Jun 8SEN. RECOMMITTED TOSenate