SB6 HFAT SHOTT 2-9 

            Delegate Shott moves to amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

 S.B. 6--“A BILL to amend and reenact §55-7B-1, §55-7B-2, §55-7B-7, §55-7B-8, §55-7B-9, §55-7B-9a, §55-7B-9c, §55-7B-10, and §55-7B-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931; and to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated §55-7B-7a and §55-7B-9d, all relating to medical professional liability generally; providing additional legislative findings and purposes related to medical professional liability; providing definitions; modifying the qualifications for the competency of experts who testify in medical professional liability actions; providing rebuttable presumptions and evidentiary requirements related to the admission of certain government, healthcare provider or healthcare facility information; modifying the maximum amount of recovery for, and availability of, noneconomic damages; clarifying that a health care provider is not vicariously liable unless the alleged agent does not maintain certain insurance; clarifying eligibility for, and application of, emergency medical services caps; providing a methodology for determining the amount of trauma care caps to account for inflation; providing certain limitations of verdicts for past medical expenses of the plaintiff; establishing effective date; and, providing for severability.”