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With less than three weeks left until sine die, there are several key bills currently under consideration in or that have made their way through Colorado's legislature. These proposals span a variety of sectors including...more
In a setback for Pennsylvania health care providers, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania approved an order amending the rules pertaining to the venue in which medical malpractice suits may be brought. The Pennsylvania Rules of...more
Florida House Bill 7 (HB 7), Civil Liability for Damages Relating to COVID-19, passed an important hurdle on Friday, March 5, 2021. House Bill 7 (HB 7) and corresponding Senate Bill 72 (SB 72) limit exposure and liability...more
Updated March 9, 2021 - On March 5, 2021, Florida’s House passed HB 7 which if ratified by the Senate and signed by the Governor will make proving a personal injury case arising from COVID liability in Florida all but...more
Shortly after the introduction of the COVID-19 general liability bill, (HB 7 and SB 72) in an effort to protect businesses from frivolous lawsuits, Senate Judiciary Chairman Jeff Brandes of St. Petersburg introduced Senate...more
Good news is here for healthcare providers worried about being left out of COVID-19-related liability protections during the 2021 Florida Legislative Session! The Republican-led Legislature, supported by Governor Ron...more
On September 2, 2020, the Ohio General Assembly enacted House Bill 606, a measure that provides widespread qualified immunity to Ohio’s healthcare providers and others...more
Monday, February 3rd, the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, a joint committee of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, released its long-anticipated study examining the potential impact of the proposed repeal of the...more
We are entering the final week of the 60-day legislative session, which concludes at midnight on March 9. This past Wednesday, we marked crossover day, the last day for bills to advance out of their house of origin if...more
We are now approaching crossover day, February 27, the date that bills must pass their house of origin in order to be considered by the other house during the remainder of the legislative session. As a practical matter, if a...more
We have now passed the first two major deadlines for this legislative session - the last days to introduce bills in both the House and Senate. While bills may still be originated in committee, the other deadlines still apply,...more
We are now just over halfway through the legislative session. By Friday, February 8, the 31st day of the 60 day regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, the House of Delegates had introduced 944 bills, while the...more
Members of Congress and lobbyists are taking public and premature bows for debasing the nation’s democracy and potentially harming Americans’ health and well-being....more
As congressional Republicans pursue their counter factual campaign this week to strip patients of their rights to pursue legal redress for harms they suffer while seeking medical services, the Florida Supreme Court has sent a...more
The U.S. Congress is fighting hard to take away your rights and the power of individual states to protect those rights. The influence of BIG BUSINESS over your elected representatives is being used protect careless and...more
What kills between 250,000 and 440,000 people in the United States each year; 700 deaths per day? What is the third leading cause of death in America? Isn’t it one of the responsibilities of the US Congress to...more
This Week: The Affordable Care Act turned 6 years old on March 23... Four in ten voters say health care is extremely important when picking a President, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation’s new tracking poll......more