Medical malpractice insurance, policy deductibles and cancellation
of policy for nonpayment of deductible when due, provisions
added ...............................................................................................

Open meetings law, standing to file petition that alleges a
violation, provisions altered ..........................................................

Proposed regulations, submission to Legislative Services
Department, and AELR Committee review period; AELR
Committee emergency regulation approval and time limit for
effectiveness, public notice, and public website listing of
regulations and notice requests, provisions added and altered .

Nursing Homes —

Adverse events, reporting and analysis, requirements added .......

Community Choice Program pilot program, federal waiver to
establish a managed care system of community care
organizations to provide long term care services to eligible
Medicaid enrollees, provisions added; federal waiver to alter
eligibility for Waiver for Older Adults services, provisions added

Disciplinary action against physician, failure of hospital or related
institution to report, penalty provisions altered..........................

Medical malpractice insurance coverage denial, cancellation, or
refusal to renew by Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society
based on physician's provision of services at facility, restrictions
added ...............................................................................................

O

Ombudsmen —

People's Insurance Counsel Division established in the Office of
the Attorney General to represent the interests of homeowners
insurance and medical professional liability insurance
consumers; funding provisions added ...........................................

Open Meetings SEE Public Information

Parent and Child SEE Family Law
Patients —

Hospitals and nursing homes, report and analysis of adverse

events, requirements added ..........................................................

Safety initiatives and funding, requirements added .......................

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