l9n/ Oregon

2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 680

Prohibits commencement of civil action against health care provider until after submission of health care claim to medical legal panel.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on June 29, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Prohibits commencement of civil action against health care provider until after submission of health care claim to medical legal panel. Establishes membership and procedures for medical legal panels. Requires disclosure of identity of expert witness and summary of expert's opinion in health care claims. Specifies form in which findings of medical legal panels may be submitted in subsequent proceedings. Provides that costs of medical legal panels be paid by surcharges on health care providers. Establishes Medical Legal Panel Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Chief Justice of Supreme Court for payment of costs of medical legal panels. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

Its course

March 3 to June 29, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateMar 3 to Jun 29 · stopped118 days

Waiting for a committeeMar 3 to Mar 96 days

JudiciaryMar 9 to Jun 29 · stopped112 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Mar 3 – Jun 29

  1. Mar 3Introduced
  2. Mar 9Sent to Judiciary
  3. Jun 29Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Mar 3Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Mar 9Referred to Judiciary, then Ways and Means.Senate
  3. Jun 29In committee upon adjournment.Senate