Medical Tort Reform Legislation Proposed
- By BSTQ Staff
The House Judiciary Committee is working to pass medical tort reform legislation. Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, says the reform will include indexing the $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages to reflect inflation, providing greater specificity about how the legislation would treat intentional torts, and ensuring states’ rights to set their own malpractice laws. It is likely this legislation will pass the House, but have a difficult time in the Senate.