Mayor's tort reform bill before D.C. Council
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at 03:56AM
TheSpook
D.C. Mayor Tony Williams on Monday sent his medical malpractice reform
legislation to City Council Chair Linda Cropp for formal introduction
at Tuesday's legislative session, according to officials at the Medical
Society of D.C., a trade group representing doctors in the District
that has backed the mayor's proposal.The Health Care Liability Reform
Act of 2004 would reform how health care liability claims are addressed
within the system, including the introduction of a $250,000 cap on
awards for non-economic damages in claims against doctors for medical
negligence. [more]
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