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Committee approves amendment and refers bill limiting criminal penalties for unintentional medical errors
2361412 · February 20, 2025
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Summary
Senate File 971, as amended, would clarify that the legislature does not intend to criminalize honest medical errors; committee adopted an amendment specifying the bill does not shield willful criminal acts and then voted to send the measure to Judiciary and Public Safety.
The committee resumed consideration of Senate File 971 and adopted an amendment clarifying the measure’s intent to protect clinicians from criminal liability for inadvertent medical errors while preserving accountability for intentional…
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