Bill Title: Enacts the "medical liability reform act"; requires attorney for plaintiff in a medical, dental or podiatric malpractice case to include with the certificate of merit, an affidavit of an appropriate medical professional licensed in this state stating that there is a reasonable basis for such malpractice action; failure to file will result in dismissal; modifies limited liability of persons jointly liable; limits noneconomic damages in such causes of action to $250,000; requires enhanced and comprehensive disclosure of expert witnesses to be used by any party in medical, dental and podiatric malpractice cases.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to judiciary [A04897 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Robin Schimminger [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-140	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Brian Kolb [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-131	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Barclay [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-120	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Clifford Crouch [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-122	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Sandra Galef [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-095	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Stephen Hawley [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-139	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Philip Palmesano [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-132	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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