HLS 21RS-176 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE STUDY REQUEST NO. 2
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAHEN
MALPRACTICE/MEDICAL: Requests the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure to
study modifications for certain time periods regarding medical malpractice claims,
medical review panel composition, and compensation limitations
1 A STUDY REQUEST
2To the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure to study modifications for certain time
3 periods regarding medical malpractice claims, medical review panel composition,
4 and compensation limitations, and to report its findings to the House of
5 Representatives prior to the convening of the 2022 Regular Session of the
6 Legislature of Louisiana.
7 WHEREAS, the law concerning medical malpractice claims against state and non-
8state medical service providers has remained largely untouched since first being passed in
91975; and
10 WHEREAS, there is a growth in the healthcare industry that could require
11adjustment to the medical malpractice laws; and
12 WHEREAS, as recently as 2014, there were more than one thousand six hundred
13requests for medical panel reviews in Louisiana; and
14 WHEREAS, there is a need from both healthcare providers and patients to study
15ways the law can be adapted to the modern status of health care in Louisiana; and
16 WHEREAS, in conducting the study hereby requested, the House Committee on
17Civil Law and Procedure may solicit input, recommendations, and advice from interested
18stakeholders including the division of administration, the Patient's Compensation Fund
19Oversight Board, the Louisiana State Medical Society, the Louisiana Medical Mutual
20Insurance Company, and the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.
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1 THEREFORE, the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana requests
2the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure to study modifications for certain time
3periods regarding medical malpractice claims, medical review panel composition, and
4compensation limitations and to report its findings to the House of Representatives prior to
5the convening of the 2022 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HSR 2 Original 2021 Regular Session McMahen
Requests the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure to study modifications to
medical malpractice, including time periods, medical review panel composition, and
compensation limitations, and to report its findings to the House of Representatives prior to
the 2022 R.S.
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