l9n/ Oregon

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 3519

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 House of Representatives's Health Care Committee on June 30, 2011. The 2011 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. Provides that findings of medical legal panels are not admissible in subsequent proceedings. Provides that records and hearings of medical legal panels are not subject to public disclosure. 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 House of Representatives

4 co-sponsors

Mark Johnson, Sherrie Sprenger, Jim Thompson, Matt Wingard

In the Senate

2 co-sponsors

Alan Bates, Jeff Kruse

Its course

February 21 to June 30, 2011, 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 action4 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 21 to Jun 30 · stopped129 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 21 to Feb 287 days

Health CareFeb 28 to Jun 30 · stopped122 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 House of Representatives Feb 21 – Jun 30

  1. Feb 21Introduced
  2. Feb 28Sent to Health Care
  3. Mar 23Heard in Health Care
  4. Jun 30Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Feb 21First reading. Referred to the desks of the Co-Speakers.House of Representatives
  2. Feb 28Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Mar 23Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Jun 30In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives