SB 1429, as introduced, Steinberg. Civil damages: medical malpractice.
Existing law, referred to as the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA), limits the amount of damages for noneconomic losses in an action for injury against a health care provider based on professional negligence to $250,000.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to bring interested parties together to develop a legislative solution to issues surrounding medical malpractice injury compensation.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature to bring
2interested parties together to develop a legislative solution to issues
3surrounding medical malpractice injury compensation.
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