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House amends malpractice-cap bill, removes automatic indexing and circles the measure
Utah House of Representatives · February 14, 2001
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Summary
Lawmakers debated raising the non-economic damages cap from $250,000 to $400,000 and whether to index it for inflation. The House approved an amendment removing indexing (39–33) and later placed the bill on the 'circle' calendar.
On Feb. 14 the Utah House took up Senate Bill 129, a measure to raise the cap on non-economic damages in medical-malpractice cases and to add an annual inflation adjustment. Representative Wei, the floor sponsor, told members that "we're gonna bring that cap up to…
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