2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                          A AB667 1000

Amendment No. 1000

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 667                                                                (BDR 2‑1559)

Proposed by: Select Committee on Health and Legal Issues

Amendment Box:

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 section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 3 through 7 and inserting:

     “1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a cause of action:

     (a) Against a manufacturer of:

          (1) Silicone manufactured for injection into the body; or

          (2) Breast implants containing silicone gel;

     (b) Based upon personal injury or death caused by the effects of silicone injected or implanted into the body; and

     (c) That was barred as of July 1, 2001, solely because the applicable period of limitation expired,

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is hereby revived, and an action thereon may be commenced not later than July 1, 2002. A court”.

     Amend section 1, page 1, line 10, by deleting “2003.” and inserting “2002.”.

     Amend the title of the bill, second line, by deleting “gel injected” and inserting:

“injected or implanted”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Revives for limited time certain causes of action based on effects of silicone injected or implanted into body. (BDR 2‑1559)”.