Indiana Senate Bill 28 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: Passed on March 24 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-24 - Public Law 182
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Medical malpractice. Increases the amount of recoverable damages for injury or death to a patient. Increases health care provider liability limits. Defines "final nonappealable judgment." Specifies that claims from the patient's compensation fund must be paid not later than 60 days after the issuance of a court approved settlement or final nonappealable judgment. Increases amounts paid to: (1) health care provider members; and (2) the chairman; of the medical review panel. Provides that attorney fees may not exceed 32% of the total recovery. Adds anesthesiologist assistants to the definition of health care providers for purposes of the law concerning medical

Medical malpractice. Increases the amount of recoverable damages for injury or death to a patient. Increases health care provider liability limits. Defines "final nonappealable judgment." Specifies that claims from the patient's compensation fund must be paid not later than 60 days after the issuance of a court approved settlement or final nonappealable judgment. Increases amounts paid to: (1) health care provider members; and (2) the chairman; of the medical review panel. Provides that attorney fees may not exceed 32% of the total recovery. Adds anesthesiologist assistants to the definition of health care providers for purposes of the law concerning medical

Sen. Brent Steele [R]	Sen. Randall Head [R]	Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Karen Tallian [D]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R]
Rep. Matthew Lehman [R]	Rep. Gerald Torr [R]

2016-03-08 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House Amendments (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 90 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-02-01 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-25 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-24	Senate	Public Law 182
2016-03-24	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2016-03-17	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2016-03-10	House	Signed by the Speaker
2016-03-10	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2016-03-08	Senate	Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 362: yeas 49, nays 0
2016-03-08	Senate	Senator Tallian added as coauthor
2016-03-07	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as coauthor
2016-03-04	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2016-03-04	House	Representative Torr added as cosponsor
2016-03-04	House	Representative Lehman added as cosponsor
2016-03-03	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2016-03-03	House	Third reading: recommitted to Committee of One, amendment adopted; bill passed; Roll Call 364: yeas 90, nays 5
2016-03-02	House	Amendment #2 (Bacon) prevailed; voice vote
2016-03-02	House	Amendment #8 (Lehman) prevailed; voice vote
2016-03-02	House	Amendment #7 (Torr) prevailed; voice vote
2016-03-02	House	Amendment #4 (Torr) prevailed; voice vote
2016-03-02	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2016-02-29	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2016-02-08	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2016-02-02	Senate	Referred to the House
2016-02-01	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2016-02-01	Senate	Senator Buck added as third author
2016-02-01	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Steuerwald
2016-02-01	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Koch
2016-02-01	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 73: yeas 50, nays 0
2016-01-28	Senate	Senator Head added as second author
2016-01-28	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2016-01-26	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2016-01-05	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law
2016-01-05	Senate	Authored by Senator Steele

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/senate/28/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/c/0/f/2c0fc0cf/SB0028.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/0/b/c/60bcbb77/SB0028.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/e/2/b/fe2b49a2/SB0028.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/8/7/c/687c3a9a/SB0028.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/0/b/3/c0b37f58/SB0028.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/b/a/f/cbaff05c/SB0028.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/f/2/4/0f242a43/SB0028.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/6/d/3/76d3afc3/SB0028.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/b/4/2/1b42f0cd/SB0028.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/6/b/f/f6bf26c8/SB0028.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/7/7/d/977d41a7/SB0028.06.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/3/5/0/83503051/SB0028.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/9/6/d/896d38ee/SB0028.73.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/1/c/b/a1cb5e1e/SB0028.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/a/2/d/ca2de4b5/SB0028.364.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/2/4/3/2243912a/SB0028.362.pdf