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Senate advances negotiated malpractice arbitration bill with six-year sunset
Summary
Senate passes SB138 to create a voluntary arbitration pathway for medical malpractice claims with a 30-day opt-out and a six-year statutory sunset after negotiated agreement between medical providers and plaintiffs' lawyers.
A negotiated medical-malpractice arbitration bill, Senate Bill 138, advanced on Feb. 20 after extended debate about patient choice, coercion risk and actuarial timing.
Senator Blackmon, sponsor, described SB138 as the product of an agreement between medical providers and trial lawyers that would allow doctors and patients to agree up front to resolve malpractice claims through a three-member arbitration panel rather…
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