BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 6704: Health care provider/actions

Changing provisions relating to actions against health care providers.

Summary

Statutes regulating medical malpractice actions are amended in the areas of: allocation of fault; vicarious liability of hospitals; the statute repose; expert witnesses; pre-suit notice and certificate of merit requirements; mandatory mediation; early offers of settlement; collateral source payments; and advisory schedule of non-economic damages.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to actions against health care providers under chapter 7.70 RCW;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6704 (2009–10) Gen assistance & med care · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6704 (2007–08) Special meetings · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6704 (2005–06) Manufacturing food products · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6704 (2001–02) Terrorism · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6704 (1999–00) Tax/fee increases · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6704 (1997–98) Flood safety planning · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6704 (1995–96) Telemedicine · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House