2009 House Bill 4829: Expand indigent care physician malpractice immunity

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Introduced by Rep. Tom Pearce (R) on April 22, 2009, to revise a provision that grants limited malpractice immunity to a volunteer doctor in a facility in which 75 percent of the patients are indigents. The bill would change this to 60 percent indigents.
- Referred to the House Health Policy Committee on April 22, 2009.
  - Reported in the House on April 20, 2010, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.