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2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 792

Limits independent medical examinations in litigation to body part or parts or specific condition in controversy.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Workforce Committee on July 6, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Limits independent medical examinations in litigation to body part or parts or specific condition in controversy. Provides that party against whom civil action is filed may only obtain individually identifiable health information that relates to injured body part or parts or specific condition for which damages are claimed. Provides that physician or psychologist who performs independent medical examination may only use information about examination or individual examined for purposes of litigation for which examination was conducted. 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

1 co-sponsor

Tim Knopp

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    John Huffman, Julie Parrish

    Its course

    February 26 to July 6, 2015, 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 SenateFeb 26 to Jul 6 · stopped130 days

    Waiting for a committeeFeb 26 to Mar 35 days

    WorkforceMar 3 to Jul 6 · stopped125 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 Feb 26 – Jul 6

    1. Introduced
    2. Sent to Workforce
    3. Died when the session ended
    All 3 actions, as published