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Frivolous or vexatious civil actions, payment of costs, expenses and fees by attorney, 12
Malpractice (See MEDICAL OR DENTAL MALPRACTICE)
Sentinel events, immunities for reports or other actions relating to, 16
Legislative session expenses, 2
Insurer's failure to report medical malpractice or negligence actions or claims, recovery of civil penalties, 20, 23
Medical facility's failure to report disciplinary action or change in physician's privileges, recovery of civil penalties, 20, 23
Frivolous or vexatious civil actions, payment of costs, expenses and attorney's fees, 12
Frivolous or vexatious civil actions, payment of fees by attorney, 12
Complaints against physicians, time for filing, 20
Disciplinary action, reports to governor and legislature, 18
Insurer's failure to report malpractice or negligence action or claim, report to insurance division, 20
Medical facility's failure to report malpractice or negligence action or claim, report to health division, 20
Reports of actions or claims for malpractice or negligence, receipt, 19, 20
Physicians, reporting of information concerning, 21, 23
CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION
Patient safety committees, proceedings and records, 16
Sentinel events in medical facilities, reports concerning, 14
Physicians, reports of information concerning, 12, 21, 23
Frivolous or vexatious civil actions, payment of costs by attorney, 12
Economic damages defined, 6
Future economic damages, periodic payments, 10
Governmental or nonprofit facilities, liability of certain health care providers limited, 6
Noneconomic damages, definition, limitation, several liability, 6, 7
Traumatic injuries, liability of certain medical facilities and health care providers limited, 4
Economic damages, 6
Gross malpractice, 7
Medical facility, 13
Medical malpractice, 7
Noneconomic damages, 6
Patient, 13
Patient safety officer, 13
Physician, 17
Provider of health care, 13
Reckless, willful or wanton conduct, 5
Repository, 13
Retaliate or discriminate, 17, 18, 22
Sentinel event, 13
Traumatic injury, 5
DENTAL MALPRACTICE (See MEDICAL OR DENTAL MALPRACTICE)
Medical or dental malpractice, grounds, 7, 8
Judges, mandatory training in medical malpractice litigation, 12
Rules concerning medical or dental malpractice actions, adoption, 7, 26
Sentinel events, inadmissibility of reports, documents and other information, 15
Dismissal of malpractice action for failure to file affidavit of medical expert, 8
Requirements in malpractice actions, 10
Insurer's failure to report malpractice or negligence actions or claims, 20, 22
Medical facility's failure to report disciplinary action taken or change in physician's privileges, 20, 23
FUTURE ECONOMIC DAMAGES
Periodic payments, 10
Governmental or nonprofit health care facilities, liability of certain health care providers limited, 6
Physicians, receipt of reports concerning, 12, 18, 22
GROUP INSURANCE FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Premiums, amount paid by state increased, 1
Privatization of program, issuance of request for information or proposals to determine feasibility, 2
Medical facility's failure to report disciplinary action taken or change in physician's privileges, notice, sanctions, 20, 23
Patient safety programs, duties, 16
Repository for health care quality assurance, creation, 14
Sentinel events in medical facilities, receipt of reports, duties, 14, 16
HOSPITALS (See MEDICAL FACILITIES)
Medical malpractice or negligence actions or claims, reports required, penalty for failure to comply, 20, 22, 25
Insurer's failure to report medical malpractice or negligence actions or claims, notice, sanctions, 20, 22
Liability insurance premiums and certain jury verdicts and settlements, duties, reports, 26
Premiums, amount paid by state increased, 1
Privatization of program, issuance of request for information or proposals to determine feasibility, 2
JUDGES
Mandatory training in medical malpractice litigation, 12
Liability insurance premiums and jury verdicts and settlements, receipt of
reports, 26
Appropriation for session expenses, 2
Assembly attaches, appointment, 37
Assembly standing rules, adoption, 38
Clergy, compensation for services, 37
Joint standing rules, adoption, 29
Liability insurance premiums and jury verdicts and settlements, receipt of
reports, 26
Periodicals, stamps, stationery or communications, allowances prohibited, 50, 59
Physicians, receipt of reports concerning, 12, 18, 22
Senate attaches, appointment, 60
Senate standing rules, adoption, 50
Medical or dental malpractice, 8
Analysis and reports of trends regarding sentinel events, 14
Confidentiality of reports of sentinel events, 14
Immunities from liability for reports or other actions relating to sentinel
events, 16
Inadmissibility of reports, documents and other information, 15
Notification and reports of sentinel events, 13, 14
Patient safety, duties of medical facilities, 15, 16
Repository for health care quality assurance, creation, 14
Representatives for notification of patients involved in sentinel events, designation, duties, 14
Retaliatory or discriminatory conduct for reporting sentinel event prohibited,
16-18, 21
Sentinel event defined, 13
Violation of laws by medical facilities, effect of facility’s voluntary report of violation, 16
Definition, 13
Disciplinary action taken or change in physician's privileges, filing of complaints, reports, 20, 23
Employees, duties relating to sentinel events, 13
Governmental or nonprofit facilities, liability of certain health care providers limited, 6
Patient defined, 13
Patient safety committee, establishment, duties, 15, 16
Patient safety officer, designation, duties, 15
Patient safety plan, development, 15
Representatives for notification of patients involved in sentinel events, designation, duties, 14
Retaliatory or discriminatory conduct for certain actions by employees prohibited, 16
Sentinel events, reporting, 13-16
Traumatic injuries, liability of certain facilities and health care providers
limited, 4
Violations of laws, effect of facility’s voluntary report of violation, 16
Court rules to expedite resolution of actions, adoption, 7, 26
Dismissal of actions for certain causes, 7, 8
Expert testimony, requirements, 10
Future economic damages, periodic payments, 10
Governmental or nonprofit health care facilities, liability of certain health care providers limited, 6
Gross malpractice defined, 7
Judges, mandatory training in medical malpractice litigation, 12
Limitation of actions, 8
Medical malpractice defined, 7
Noneconomic damages, limitation, several liability, 6, 7
Reports of actions filed or claims submitted to arbitration or mediation, 19, 20, 23
Screening panels, abolishment, 25
Settlement conferences, 8
Traumatic injuries, liability of certain medical facilities and health care providers limited, 4
Limitation, 6
Several liability, 7
Duties, 16
Establishment, composition, 15
PATIENT SAFETY COMMITTEE—(Continued)
Meetings, 15
Proceedings and records, confidentiality, 16
Definition, 13
Designation, 15
Duties, 15
Employee of medical facility to notify officer of sentinel event, 13
Development, compliance required, 15
Rebuttable presumption that medical condition arising during follow-up care result of original traumatic injury, 4
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS PROGRAM
Premiums, amount paid by state increased, 1
Privatization of program, issuance of request for information or proposals to determine feasibility, 2
Group insurance premiums, amount paid by state increased, 1
REPRESENTATIVES FOR NOTIFICATION OF PATIENTS
Designation, duties, 14
SCREENING PANELS FOR MALPRACTICE ACTIONS
Abolished, 25
Medical or dental malpractice actions, 8
STATE BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
Complaints against physicians, time for filing, 23
Disciplinary action, reports to governor and legislature, 22
Insurers' reports of malpractice or negligence action or claim, receipt, duties on failure to comply, 22, 25
Medical facility's failure to report disciplinary action taken or change in physician's privileges, report to health division, 23
Reports of actions or claims for malpractice or negligence, receipt, 22, 23
Group insurance premiums, amount paid by state increased, 1
Privatization of public employees’ benefits program, issuance of request for information or proposals to determine feasibility, 2
Medical malpractice litigation, adoption of rule to provide for mandatory training of judges, 12
Definition, 5
Liability of certain medical facilities and health care providers limited, 4
Dismissal of malpractice action for failure to file affidavit of medical expert, 8
Requirements for expert witnesses in malpractice actions, 10