Bill > H1577

This bill aims to encourage quality reviews and reduce costs in healthcare. It does this by: 1. Extending medical peer review protections to committees formed by individual healthcare providers, physician group practices, or licensed healthcare facilities, even if their formation is not legally required. 2. Changing the interest rate calculation for medical malpractice judgments to be based on the 1-year Treasury yield plus 2%, rather than the standard rate, to help reduce costs. 3. Requiring plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases to prove the defendant acted with less than ordinary care and that the plaintiff's injuries would not have occurred otherwise, and limiting recovery for loss of an opportunity to survive or achieve a better result to cases where the opportunity was greater than 50%. 4. Modifying Chapter 93A (consumer protection) to specify that the amount of actual damages to be multiplied by the court shall be the judgment interest, rather than the full judgment, regardless of insurance coverage.

Justice

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1577