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Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 44, nays 45. Failed to pass, motion to reconsider tabled.

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Revises definitions under the private Medical Malpractice Act
Latest Action: 07/03/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008.

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Provides for medical malpractice coverage for physicians who offer voluntary telemedicine services for the state (EN See Note)
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

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Provides for qualifications of medical expert witnesses in certain medical malpractice actions
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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Appropriates funds for payment of judgment against the DOTD in "Kevin P. Robinson and Melina Robinson v. Zurich Insurance Company and Acme Truck Lines, Inc."
Latest Action: 06/02/2008 - Effective date: May 31, 2008.

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Authorizes the Central Community School Board to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax (EN +$2,500,000 LF RV See Note)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Provides for civil damages
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Provides for the qualifications of physicians as expert witnesses in medical malpractice actions
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Provides procedures for certain malpractice claims
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Provides an increase for the medical malpractice cap based on the Consumer Price Index
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Excludes economic loss from medical malpractice cap

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Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Reduces the amount of malpractice claims for uninsured patients
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Reduces the amount of malpractice claims for uninsured patients
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

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Provides relative to limiting medical malpractice recovery in certain circumstances
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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Requires the state to pay a portion of medical malpractice costs in certain circumstances (OR See Note)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Provides relative to medical malpractice actions
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to medical malpractice claims
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Excludes economic loss from medical malpractice cap
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Provides an increase for the medical malpractice cap based on the Consumer Price Index
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Provides procedures for certain malpractice claims
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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Provides for the qualifications of physicians as expert witnesses in medical malpractice actions