KY SB85 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-07 - to Health & Welfare (S)
Pending: Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-07 - to Health & Welfare (S)
Pending: Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence to prohibit the introduction of expressions of sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence in medical malpractice actions.
Title
AN ACT relating to evidence in medical malpractice actions.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-01-07 | Senate | to Health & Welfare (S) |
2017-01-04 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB85.htm |
Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB85/bill.pdf |