SB 220 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

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05/09

SENATE BILL 220

AN ACT repealing the professional malpractice claims panel.

SPONSORS: Sen. Peterson, Dist 11

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill repeals RSA 519-A, which establishes professional malpractice claims panels and allows litigants to obtain informal, non-binding decisions before bringing suit.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-1200

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT repealing the professional malpractice claims panel.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Repeal. RSA 519-A, relative to professional malpractice claims, is repealed.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.