Introduced
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To limit a health professional's liability for nonemergency health care provided without compensation.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Substitute offered
To recommend modifications to language contained in the bill resulting from committee testimony and deliberation.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 26 to 9 (details)
To limit a health professional's liability for nonemergency health care provided without compensation. The bill would not apply to any procedure for which general anesthesia is required, and the provider would have to disclose the liability limitation to the patient.
Received
Substitute offered
To recommend modifications to language contained in the bill resulting from committee testimony and deliberation.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To limit the scope of the bill to care provided on the premises of a free clinic. Under the amendment a medical facility which refers a patient to a free provider could be sued for malpractice.
The amendment passed 67 to 40 (details)
Failed in the Senate 5 to 27 (details)
To limit a health professional's liability for nonemergency health care provided without compensation. The bill would not apply to any procedure for which general anesthesia is required, and the provider would have to disclose the liability limitation to the patient.
Passed in the House 103 to 0 (details)
To limit a health professional's liability for nonemergency health care provided without compensation. The bill would not apply to any procedure for which general anesthesia is required, and the provider would have to disclose the liability limitation to the patient. However, a medical facility which refers a patient to a free provider could be sued for malpractice.
Passed in the Senate 24 to 11 (details)
To adopt a House-Senate conference report for the bill, which will limit a health professional's liability for nonemergency health care provided without compensation. The bill would not apply to any procedure for which general anesthesia is required, and the provider would have to disclose in writing the liability limitation to the patient.
Passed in the House 102 to 0 (details)
