This bill addresses statutes of limitation for health care malpractice actions.
This bill:
- 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; and
- subjects the limitation on awards of damages for noneconomic losses in certain malpractice actions to an annual adjustment for inflation.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 78B-3-404, 78B-3-405, 78B-3-410