11100865D
SENATE BILL NO. 771
Offered January 12, 2011
Prefiled December 8, 2010
A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-581.15 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the limitation on recovery in medical malpractice
actions.
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Patrons-- Saslaw, Norment and Northam
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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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 August July 1, 1999 2012, which is tried by a jury
or in any judgment entered against a health care provider in such an action
which is tried without a jury, the total amount recoverable for any injury to,
or death of, a patient shall not exceed $1.5 $2.05 million. The maximum
recovery limit of $1.5 $2.05 million shall increase
on July 1, 2000 2013, and each July 1 thereafter by $50,000 per year; however, the annual increase on July 1, 2007, and
the annual increase on July 1, 2008, shall be $75,000 per year.
Each annual increase shall apply to the act or acts of malpractice occurring on
or after the effective date of the increase. The July 1, 2008 2031,
increase shall be the final annual increase.
Where the act or acts of malpractice occurred prior to August July 1, 1999 2012, the total amount
recoverable for any injury to, or death of, a patient shall not exceed the
limitation on recovery set forth in this statute as it was in effect when the
act or acts of malpractice occurred.
In interpreting this section, the definitions found in §
8.01-581.1 shall be applicable.
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