Medical malpractice; limitations on recovery, certain actions.

Voted 7/21/2026View source

Summary

Medical malpractice; limitation on recovery; certain actions. Eliminates the cap on the recovery in actions against health care providers for medical malpractice where the act or acts of malpractice occurred on or after July 1, 2026, and occurred against a patient age 10 or younger.

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Docket history

Action history

7/21/2026Continued from last session
2/11/2026Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
2/2/2026Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N 1-A)
1/28/2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB99)
12/31/2025Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
12/31/2025Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100064D