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Bill would add physician assistants to Montanalaw capping non-economic malpractice damages
Summary
A bill heard March 1 in the Senate Judiciary Committee would add physician assistants to the statutory definition of "health care provider" so they may be subject to the statecap on non-economic medical malpractice damages; opponents argued the cap itself may be unconstitutional.
Representative (House District 52) told the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 1 that House Bill 458 would add "physician assistants" to the statutory definition of "health care provider" so they can "take advantage of the cap, the non economic damage cap."
The bill, a sponsor described as a cleanup to reflect physician assistant independent-practice law passed earlier, would amend the health-care-provider definition located at 50-16-504 to include physician assistants alongside physicians. The sponsor said the change simply "adds PAs to the non economic damage limit" and was intended to align the statute…
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