Bill > H1300

This bill aims to improve healthcare quality and reduce costs by clarifying rules around medical peer review and malpractice lawsuits. It expands the scope of medical peer review confidentiality to include committees formed by individual healthcare providers, physician groups, or facilities, even if their formation isn't legally mandated or they aren't exclusively affiliated with public hospitals or specific healthcare organizations. Additionally, the bill modifies how interest is calculated on malpractice judgments, establishing a new, potentially lower, interest rate based on Treasury yields from the action's start to its conclusion, though it caps this rate at the existing maximum. Finally, it addresses the "loss of chance" doctrine in medical malpractice cases, meaning a plaintiff can only recover if they can prove they lost a greater than 50% opportunity to survive or achieve a better outcome due to the healthcare provider's negligence, and they must also prove the standard of care, the provider's breach of that standard, and that this breach directly caused their injury.