HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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representatives] ANY APPROPRIATE LICENSING BOARD RECEIVING
REPORTS UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION for any action taken
by them under this section.

(F) FAILURE TO REPORT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL RESULT
IN IMPOSITION OF A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO $5,000 BY A CIRCUIT
COURT OF THIS STATE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 27, 1986.

CHAPTER 639
(Senate Bill 558)

AN ACT concerning

Tort Claims Medical Malpractice Personal Injury -
Procedures - Award of Damages

FOR the purpose of imposing a certain limit on noneconomic losses
damages in any action for personal injury certain actions

for personal injury; permitting the introduction into

evidence of certain benefits the plaintiff receives as a
result of the personal injury certain injuries; requiring
allowing the periodic payments of certain future damages in
an award certain awards for damages for personal injury,
requiring the trier of fact to itemize the award in a
certain manner, requiring the claimant and defendant in a
medical malpractice action to file a certificate of a
qualified expert within a certain period; providing for the
dismissal or default judgment of a claim if a certificate of
a qualified expert is not filed; allowing the periodic
payment of certain future economic damages in an award for
personal injury; requiring the trier of fact to itemize the
award in a certain manner; providing for the admissibility
of certain evidence after a certain time; requiring certain
insurers to submit certain information to the Insurance
Commissioner; requiring the Insurance Commissioner to make
certain reports by a specific time; providing for the
termination of certain requirements at a specific time; and
generally relating to tort medical malpractice personal
injury claims, adjudication procedures, and award of
damages.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 6-410, 10-913, 10-914, 11-108, and 11-109