2012 Senate Bill 1116

Revise medical malpractice details

Introduced in the Senate

May 3, 2012

Introduced by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R-30)

To establish “the exercise of medical judgment” as a valid defense in medical malpractice cases, defined as a “reasonable and good-faith belief that the person's conduct is both well founded in medicine and in the best interests of the patient.” Whether the plaintiff met the burden of proof for that would be a “question of law” for the judge to decide.

Referred to the Committee on Insurance