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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to damages in wrongful death and survival actions on |
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health care liability claims. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 74.303, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) Notwithstanding Section 74.001(a)(2) and any other |
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provision of this chapter, in a wrongful death or survival action on |
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a health care liability claim, the limitations in Section 74.301 |
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shall be applied individually to each person, including a |
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decedent's estate, seeking or who sought recovery of damages. |
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SECTION 2. Section 74.303(f), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a health care liability |
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claim filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A health |
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care liability claim filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law that existed immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |