Charity health care services; liability protection for administrators.
Summary
Provides that persons who administer, organize, arrange, or promote the rendering of services to patients of certain clinics shall not be liable to patients of such clinics for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of such services unless the act or omission was the result of such persons' or the clinic's gross negligence or willful misconduct. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 8, 2017
Signed Mar 13, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Mar 13, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 13, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1748S1
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17105290D-S1
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
legislature
Jan 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 8, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101057D
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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