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H.B. 288 Health Care Malpractice Amendments (2025)

Did not passWritten by Rep. Nelson T. Abbott

  1. Introduced
  2. House committee (stopped here)
  3. House vote
  4. Senate committee
  5. Senate vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

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This bill changes Utah's rules for health care malpractice lawsuits. It lengthens the deadlines for filing them, expands what counts as a collateral source, changes evidence rules, and raises the cap on noneconomic damages with yearly inflation adjustments.

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Official description
  • extends statutes of limitation for health care malpractice actions
  • modifies the application of the statute of limitations, when a party files a notice of intent to allocate fault to a non-party health care provider
  • expands the definition of "collateral source"
  • modifies the evidentiary rules for malpractice actions
  • increases the limitation on awards of damages for noneconomic losses in certain malpractice actions
  • subjects the limitation on awards of damages for noneconomic losses in certain malpractice actions to an annual adjustment for inflation
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