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AN
ACT relating to malpractice; limiting the liability of certain medical
providers for negligent acts under certain
circumstances; establishing a limitation on the amount of noneconomic damages
that may be awarded in an action for medical malpractice or dental
malpractice; providing for several liability of a defendant for noneconomic
damages in an action for medical malpractice; making various changes
concerning the payment of future economic damages in actions for medical
malpractice; providing for the mandatory dismissal of an action for medical
malpractice or dental malpractice under certain circumstances; repealing the
provisions pertaining to the use of screening panels for an action for
medical malpractice or dental malpractice; revising the statute of
limitations for filing an action for medical malpractice or dental
malpractice; making various other changes concerning actions for medical
malpractice or dental malpractice; requiring certain district judges to
receive training concerning the complex issues involved in medical
malpractice litigation; requiring courts to impose certain sanctions on
attorneys in certain circumstances; making various changes relating to the
reporting of claims of malpractice or negligence; requiring the commissioner
of insurance to report to the legislative commission and the legislature
regarding certain premiums for insurance and certain jury verdicts and
settlements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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1. This section and sections 1 to 17,
inclusive, 51 to 58, inclusive, and 62 to 73, inclusive, of this act become
effective on
October 1, 2002.
2. Sections 18 to 39, inclusive, 44 to 49, inclusive, 59 and 60 of
this act become effective on July 1, 2003.
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