BILL NUMBER: SB 1528	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 30, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Steinberg

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 3284 to the Civil Code, relating to damages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1528, as amended, Steinberg. Damages: medical services.
   Existing law establishes, as a general rule, that compensation is
the relief or remedy provided by law for a violation of private
rights. Existing law provides that a person suffering detriment from
the unlawful act or omission of another may recover damages from the
person at fault.
   This bill would  require, in order to ensure the public
policy of all injured persons being compensated equally, that an
injured person is entitled to recover the reasonable value of medical
services provided without regard to the amount actually paid, as
specified   express the intent of the Legislature to
establish a framework for compensating persons with injuries due to
the fault of 3rd parties  .
   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.  Section 3284 is added to the Civil Code, to read:

   3284.  (a) To ensure the public policy of all injured persons
being compensated equally, an injured person shall be entitled to
recover the reasonable value of medical services provided without
regard to the amount actually paid. 
    3284.    (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to
establish a framework for compensating persons with injuries due to
the fault of third parties. 
   (b) Nothing in this section abrogates the lien rights provided for
in Sections 3040 and  3045.1of   3045.1 of
 this code, or Section 14124.791 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code. This section shall have no effect on the rights of parties
under Section 3333.1 of this code or of public entities under Section
985 of the Government Code.