Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2385

Providing for the use of best practice guidelines in medical +malpractice cases
as an absolute defense against allegations; limiting the amount of +damages
allowed to be awarded for noneconomic losses in malpractice actions +against
health care providers regardless of the number of parties involved, +prohibiting
disclosure of the limit to the trier of fact, requiring reduction of +amounts
awarded in excess of the limit; limiting the amount of punitive, +exemplary and
similar damages allowed to be awarded, requiring damages awarded to +be paid
directly to the Minnesota comprehensive health association (MCHA) to +be used to
reduce member assessments; prohibiting the award of excessive +attorney fees,
specifying certain limits; imposing a separate limit on damages +recoverable
from private nonprofit hospitals (mk)