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| 1 | 1 | 2025 SESSION | |
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| 3 | 3 | INTRODUCED | |
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| 5 | 5 | 25101624D | |
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| 7 | 7 | HOUSE BILL NO. 2259 | |
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| 9 | 9 | Offered January 8, 2025 | |
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| 11 | 11 | Prefiled January 7, 2025 | |
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| 13 | 13 | A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8.01-42.6, relating to personal injury action against health care provider; certain defenses prohibited. | |
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| 17 | 17 | PatronDelaney | |
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| 21 | 21 | Committee Referral Pending | |
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| 25 | 25 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: | |
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| 27 | 27 | 1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 8.01-42.6 as follows: | |
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| 29 | 29 | 8.01-42.6. Personal injury action against health care provider; prohibited defense. | |
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| 31 | 31 | No defendant health care provider shall assert medical malpractice as a defense in any civil action for personal injury against such health care provider arising from conduct prohibited by Article 7 ( 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, whether or not the health care provider has been charged or convicted of the alleged violation. | |
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| 33 | 33 | For the purposes of this section, "health care provider" means the same as that term is defined in 8.01-581.1. |