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Bill Title: Medical malpractice actions. Permits a patient to bring an action against a health care provider without submitting the complaint to the medical review board if: (1) the amount of the claim is not more than $15,000; (2) the cause of action is based on the removal of the wrong body part; or (3) the cause of action is based on the existence of a foreign object in the patient's body.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-16 - Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 156: yeas 22, nays 27 [SB0055 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2015-SB0055-Engrossed.pdf

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