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Bill to expand definition of ‘health care provider’ advances amid dispute over malpractice protections
Summary
A proposal to make more hospital employees eligible for medical malpractice procedures drew support from hospitals and midwives but opposition from patient‑advocacy groups that said the change would extend caps and limit compensation for injured patients.
House Bill 9 26 would expand the statutory definition of “health care provider” to include employees, agents or contractors of a hospital who are licensed, certified, registered or “otherwise authorized” to render health care services, with the practical effect of sending related claims through the Health Care Malpractice Claims Act rather than ordinary civil‑tort procedures.
Sponsor Delegate Nicole Williams said the bill is a clarification to ensure that clinicians who work in hospitals — for example limited‑scope x‑ray technicians,…
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