Bill Text: CA SB1429 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1429 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Civil damages: medical malpractice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1429 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1429-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 1429	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Steinberg

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act relating to civil damages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1429, as introduced, Steinberg. Civil damages: medical
malpractice.
   Existing law, referred to as the Medical Injury Compensation
Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA), limits the amount of damages for
noneconomic losses in an action for injury against a health care
provider based on professional negligence to $250,000.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to bring
interested parties together to develop a legislative solution to
issues surrounding medical malpractice injury compensation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to bring interested
parties together to develop a legislative solution to issues
surrounding medical malpractice injury compensation.