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SF 459 Senate Long Description

Regulating certain civil actions against health care providers; +requiring the court to instruct juries on state and federal taxation of damages +awarded and upon request to enter judgments ordering periodic payment of certain +future damages in actions for injury or death against health care providers +alleging malpractice, error, mistake or failure to cure, specifying certain +specific findings, statements and security posting and return requirements +relating to the periodic payments, restricting modification of payments to +judgment creditor death cases and providing for a finding of contempt for +judgment debtor failure to make the payments; limiting attorney contingency +fees in actions against health care providers, fees collected in violation to+ be void and unenforceable and providing for the award of treble damages to +claimants; limiting the amount of damages awarded for noneconomic losses in the +actions, disclosure restriction (ra)