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Bill: Malpractice Protection Act of 3149
Details
Submitted by[?]: Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA)
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: April 3151
Description[?]:
| Henceforth, 1. Any person which believes himself wronged within the context of his medical treatment may begin a suit of law against his medical practitioner. A panel of judges shall then weigh the merits of the case and may then decide to allow it to go to trial or to dismiss it if it is frivolous. 2. There shall be no limit on the amount a patient may be rewarded in a malpractice lawsuit. 3. Patients whose lawsuits are found to be frivolous will be required to pay court fees as well as damages to the wrongly accused medical practitioner, the amount is to be set by the panel of judges. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Malpractice suits.
Old value:: Only a medical regulatory body can prosecute a doctor for malpractice.
Current: Only a medical regulatory body can prosecute a doctor for malpractice.
Proposed: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors.
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: There is no cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:34:52, July 10, 2011 CET | From | Democratic Labour Party | To | Debating the Malpractice Protection Act of 3149 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We in the DLP strongly support this bill in its current state. I yield |
| Date | 13:27:32, July 12, 2011 CET | From | Democratic Labour Party | To | Debating the Malpractice Protection Act of 3149 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We beg that this bill be moved to a vote. I yield. |
| Date | 20:46:50, July 13, 2011 CET | From | Imperial Aristocratic League | To | Debating the Malpractice Protection Act of 3149 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We oppose this legislation. We believe these changes will unjustly affect the costs of healthcare. There needs to be restrictions on who can sue and for how much. Or the doctors will have to pass on those expenses to Luthorians. This is called defensive medical practices and we do not wish to see that. I Yield. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 122 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 42 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 37 |
| Random fact: Particracy is set in the fictional world of Terra, which mirrors the real world of today and yet is not quite like it. |
| Random quote: "Envy is the cause of political division." - Democritus |