Bill Text: VA HB1459 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Medical malpractice; increases cap on recovery in actions against health care providers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758) [HB1459 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2011-HB1459-Introduced.html
11100861D Patrons-- Albo, Armstrong, Hope, Keam, O'Bannon, Rust and Stolle; Senator: Northam Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 8.01-581.15 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 8.01-581.15. Limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions. In any verdict returned against a health care provider in an
action for malpractice where the act or acts of malpractice occurred on or after Where the act or acts of malpractice occurred prior to In interpreting this section, the definitions found in § 8.01-581.1 shall be applicable. |