16RS Senate Bill 31

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Last Action	to Judiciary (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to evidence in medical malpractice actions.
Bill Documents	Bill
Impact Statements	Corrections Impact
Bill Request Number	362
Sponsors	R. Alvarado, D. Carroll
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence to prohibit the introduction of expressions of sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence in medical malpractice actions.
Index Headings of Original Version	Corrections Impact - Medical malpractice actions, inadmissibility of statements of compassion Courts - Medical malpractice actions, inadmissibility of statements of compassion Health and Medical Services - Medical malpractice actions, inadmissibility of statements of compassion Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Medical malpractice actions, inadmissibility of statements of compassion Nurses - Medical malpractice actions, inadmissibility of statements of compassion Optometrists - Medical malpractice actions, inadmissibility of statements of compassion Pharmacists - Medical malpractice actions, inadmissibility of statements of compassion Physicians and Practitioners - Medical malpractice actions, inadmissibility of statements of compassion Civil Actions - Medical malpractice actions, inadmissibility of statements of compassion Civil Procedure - Medical malpractice actions, inadmissibility of statements of compassion
Votes	Vote History

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01/06/16	introduced in Senate
01/07/16	to Judiciary (S)
02/11/16	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/12/16	2nd reading, to Rules
02/17/16	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 18, 2016
02/18/16	3rd reading, passed 29-9
02/19/16	received in House
02/22/16	to Judiciary (H)