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Bill: Tort/Malpractice Reform Act of 2968
Details
Submitted by[?]: Subsidiarity Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: August 2969
Description[?]:
| A bill to reform medical malpractice and non-civil lawsuits. ARTICLE I - Under the current medical malpractice laws, the Commonwealth forbids lawsuits against doctors, allowing only a medical regulatory body to prosecute a doctor for malpractice. This situation leaves no recourse or recompense for patients victimized by medical malpractice or incompetence. To correct this injustice, it is here resolved to open malpractice regulation to debate in the Provinces of Rutania. ARTICLE II - In an effort to prevent frivolous or excessive lawsuits, the current laws concerning non-civil lawsuits caps damages awarded. To reduce the burden on our court system and further dissuade frivolous suits, it is hereby resolved to allow lawsuits only to provide money for medical and legal expenses. This shall in no way limit the court's ability to enjoin responsible parties to revise their actions. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Malpractice suits.
Old value:: Only a medical regulatory body can prosecute a doctor for malpractice.
Current: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors.
Proposed: Malpractice regulations are left to the locality of the practicing doctor.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits.
Old value:: There is a cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Current: There is a cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Proposed: Lawsuits may only provide money for medical and legal expenses.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:41:59, July 13, 2010 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the Tort/Malpractice Reform Act of 2968 |
| Message | We will fully support this measure and applaud TSP on their continued pushes for reform. |
| Date | 01:27:46, July 14, 2010 CET | From | Rutanian Syndicalist Worker's Party | To | Debating the Tort/Malpractice Reform Act of 2968 |
| Message | This strikes the leadership of the Syndicalist Workers Party as a blatant attempt to undermine Rutania's doctors and subjugate them to private interests. |
| Date | 01:31:25, July 14, 2010 CET | From | Subsidiarity Party | To | Debating the Tort/Malpractice Reform Act of 2968 |
| Message | TSP would like to remind the Syndicalist Worker's Party that the doctors of Rutania are private interests themselves. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 292 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 213 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "I do not believe that the United States should be bound by the same rules as the smallest African nation. Life isn't like that." - Richard Perle |