SUMMARY--Requires commissioner of insurance to collect and maintain certain information regarding closed claims for medical malpractice. (BDR 57-933)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to claims for medical malpractice; requiring the commissioner of insurance to collect and maintain certain information regarding closed claims for medical malpractice; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 Chapter 679B of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. The commissioner shall collect and maintain information regarding each closed claim for medical malpractice filed against physicians and surgeons in this state, including, without limitation:
(a) The cause of the loss;
(b) A description of the injury for which the claim was filed;
(c) The sex of the injured person;
(d) The names and number of defendants in each claim;
(e) The names and provisions of coverage of each insurer involved in the claim;
(f) The amount of reserves of an insurer before and after each such claim and the general allocation of the reserves and surplus of the insurer;
(g) The disposition of each claim;
(h) The amount of money awarded through settlement or by verdict;
(i) The sum of money paid to each claimant and the source of that sum; and
(j) Any sum of money allocated to expenses for the adjustment of losses.
2. The commissioner shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.