CS/CS/HB 1561: Medical Negligence/Expert Witnesses
GENERAL BILL by Brummer ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Carroll ; Harrell ; Hays ; Homan ; Murzin
Medical Negligence/Expert Witnesses; requires Board of Medicine & Board of Osteopathic Medicine, respectively, to issue expert witness certificates to certain licensed physicians under certain circumstances; provides requirements for certification; provides limitation; revises criteria for prevailing professional standards of care for health care providers in certain actions; provides severability, etc. Creates 458.3175, 459.0066; amends 458.331, 459.015, 766.102,.203.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/7/2006 | House |
• Filed; Introduced -HJ 00117 |
| 3/22/2006 | House |
• Referred to Health Care General (HFC); Health & Families Council -HJ 00279 |
| 3/31/2006 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Health Care General (HFC), 04/04/06, 10:15 am, 306-H |
| 4/4/2006 | House |
• Favorable with CS amendment by Health Care General (HFC); YEAS 7 NAYS 1 -HJ 00350 |
| 4/5/2006 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 6.3(b); Now in Health & Families Council -HJ 00350 |
| 4/6/2006 | House |
• On Council agenda-- Health & Families Council, 04/10/06, 1:00 pm, Reed Hall |
| 4/10/2006 | House |
• Favorable with CS amendment by- Health & Families Council; YEAS 5 NAYS 4 -HJ 00419 |
| 4/12/2006 | House |
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 6.3(b) |
| 4/13/2006 | House |
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 00419 |
| 5/5/2006 | House |
• Died on Calendar |