Medical Liability Reform: Legislation

SB 678 Introduced by Senator Jane Orie (R-Allegheny)
Summary: Establishing and evaluating an administrative medical liability system to restore fairness and reliability to the medical justice system; and promoting patient safety by fostering alternatives to current medical tort litigation.
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SB 294 Introduced by Senator Connie Williams (D-Montgomery)
Summary: AN ACT Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, adding and changing definitions; further providing for the unified judicial system; establishing the appellate division of the Medical Professional Liability Court;; providing for transfers between intermediate appellate courts, for lien of judgments for money, for direct appeals to the Supreme Court
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