Amendment No. 371

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 479 (BDR 3-506)

Proposed by: Committee on Judiciary

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 3, renumbering sections 4 and 5 as sections 2 and 3 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

"Section 1. Chapter 41A of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

1. If a claimant is 70 years of age or older or suffers from an illness or condition which raises a substantial medical doubt that the claimant will survive until a determination is made by a screening panel, the claimant may file a written request with the division to give preference in scheduling the hearing of the claim filed by the claimant. The request must set forth facts showing that the claimant is 70 years of age or older or suffers from an illness or condition which raises a substantial medical doubt that the claimant will survive until a determination is made by a screening panel.

2. The division shall schedule the hearing of claims for which preference has been granted pursuant to subsection 1 based on the order in which the division received the requests for preference.".

Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

"AN ACT relating to malpractice; providing for preferential scheduling of claims filed by claimants who are 70 years of age or older or who are critically ill; revising the provisions governing the admissibility at trial of certain findings of a screening panel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".