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Companion Bill SB4075. Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Creates joint committee to study the effects of litigation on the nursing home industry. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *HB4053 / SB4075Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4053 / SB4075 This bill requires that any tort action related to the provision of long-term care health-related services be brought as a medical malpractice action. This bill also authorizes long-term care facilities to require any patient, as a condition of admission, to enter into an arbitration agreement. The facility may not discharge a patient, once admitted, for failure to enter into such an agreement. This bill provides the following in regard to a long-term care tort action: (1) There is no limit on the amount of economic loss that [...] show full description
- 06/20/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1138
- 05/20/2008 - Companion Senate Bill Substituted
- 05/20/2008 - H. Placed on Regular Calendar 3 for 5/20/08
- 05/19/2008 - Placed on Calendar Calendar & Rules Committee for 05/20/2008
- 05/19/2008 - Recommended for pass; Referred to Calendar & Rules
show all actions- 06/20/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1138
- 05/20/2008 - Companion Senate Bill Substituted
- 05/20/2008 - H. Placed on Regular Calendar 3 for 5/20/08
- 05/19/2008 - Placed on Calendar Calendar & Rules Committee for 05/20/2008
- 05/19/2008 - Recommended for pass; Referred to Calendar & Rules
- 05/19/2008 - Recommended For Passage by Subcommittee Referred to Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- 05/14/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/19/2008
- 05/14/2008 - Placed Behind the Budget
- 05/12/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/14/2008
- 05/08/2008 - Recommended For Passage Referred to: Budget of FW&M
- 05/07/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Study Committee Sub-committee of Budget for 05/08/2008
- 05/07/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Study Subcommittee of Budget
- 04/30/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means to Study Committee
- 04/23/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 04/30/2008
- 04/23/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Budget of FW&M
- 04/16/2008 - Recommended for Passage if Am. Referred to: Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- 04/09/2008 - Placed on Calendar Judiciary Committee for 04/16/2008
- 04/08/2008 - Recommended for Passage if am. by Subcommittee Referred to Judiciary Committee
- 04/02/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary for 04/08/2008
- 04/01/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary to 4/8/2008
- 03/26/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary for 04/01/2008
- 03/25/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary to 4/1/2008
- 03/19/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary for 03/25/2008
- 03/18/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary to 3/25/2008
- 03/12/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary for 03/18/2008
- 02/12/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD
- 02/07/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Judiciary
- 02/04/2008 - Passed first consideration
- 01/31/2008 - Introduced
- 01/31/2008 - Filed for Introduction
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