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Senate Bill 232 |
Senate Author: Johnson |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
House Sponsor: Davis |
Senate Bill 232 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to establish a process for a court, on motion of a claimant, to issue a preliminary determination regarding whether a claim made by the claimant is a health care liability claim for which an expert report is required. The bill provides an alternative deadline for serving the expert report in the event that such a determination is sought. The bill subjects a preliminary determination to interlocutory appeal by the claimant or defendant and provides for an expert report to be served if the appellate court reverses a preliminary determination that a claim is not a health care liability claim.