HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1D
   
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Senate House
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12          Representatives Goodlette and Bense offered the following:
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14          Amendment
15          Between lines 3621 and 3622, insert:
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17          The limitation provided by this subsection applies only to
18    noneconomic damages awarded as a result of any act or omission
19    of providing medical care or treatment, including diagnosis that
20    occurs prior to the time the patient is stabilized and is
21    capable of receiving medical treatment as a nonemergency
22    patient, unless surgery is required as a result of the emergency
23    within a reasonable time after the patient is stabilized, in
24    which case the limitation provided by this subsection applies to
25    any act or omission of providing medical care or treatment which
26    occurs prior to the stabilization of the patient following the
27    surgery.
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