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Committee advances bill to limit jury awards for medical expenses to amounts actually paid by insurers or agreed providers
Summary
Lawmakers voted to report Senate Bill 231, which would require juries to consider amounts actually paid by insurers or pursuant to pre-negotiated provider agreements when awarding past medical expenses, addressing the collateral-source issue and aiming to reduce inflated billed amounts in civil litigation.
The committee voted to report Senate Bill 231 favorably after debate about how juries should be informed of medical bills that have already been paid by insurance or reduced through provider agreements.
Senator Reese said the bill narrows the collateral-source question to “phantom damages” — billed amounts that no insurer will actually pay — and would allow evidence of what health insurance or other third parties actually paid for medical care. The measure also incorporates language addressing pre-negotiated agreements between a plaintiff’s…
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