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HB1256: restricting medical injury claims subject to pretrial screening panel review to claims exceeding $250, 000.
Bill details
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Sponsors
- David Nixon House · Hills 17
- Rowe House · Hills 6
- Anthony DiFruscia House · Rock 4
- James Craig House · Hills 9
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Health care
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HB 1256 - AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
10-2252
09/01
HOUSE BILL 1256
AN ACT restricting medical injury claims subject to pretrial screening panel review to claims exceeding $250,000.
ANALYSIS
This bill restricts medical injury claims subject to pretrial screening panel review to claims exceeding $250,000 in damages.
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10-2252
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT restricting medical injury claims subject to pretrial screening panel review to claims exceeding $250,000.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Screening Panels for Medical Injury Claims; Definition of Action for Medical Injury. Amend RSA 519-B:2, I to read as follows:
I. “Action for medical injury” or “claim” means an action for medical injury, as defined in RSA 507-E:1, I, in which the plaintiff’s claim exceeds $250,000 in damages.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.