Governor's Tort Reform Bill on the Senate Floor Tomorrow!- February 21, 2025

SB 68 is GHA’s top legislative priority, as it directly impacts the availability and affordability of healthcare across Georgia for everyone. This bill will ensure fairness in our legal system by allowing juries to have access to truth in damages and reducing excessive jury awards through anchoring. These reforms are essential to ensuring providers feel safe to practice in Georgia and hospitals are able to offer comprehensive services, ultimately benefiting patients and communities. Contact your senator today and urge them to vote YES on SB 68 with NO amendments in order to support a healthier legal climate!

GA2025_26SB 68

Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide -- (H Rules, S Judiciary)

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Dear (name and title inserted automatically),

Please vote YES on SB 68 and NO to any amendments to this bill.

On behalf of my hospital and the healthcare community across Georgia, I urge you to support SB 68 with no amendments when it comes to the Senate floor. This critical legislation will bring much-needed reform to Georgia’s tort laws by addressing phantom damages and the practice of anchoring, among other things, ensuring fairness and transparency in our legal system without impacting a plaintiff’s ability to access our judicial system.

As healthcare providers, we are committed to delivering high-quality care to your constituents, which requires some level of predictability and financial sustainability. However, the current tort system allows for damages to be introduced that do not reflect the actual medical costs incurred, placing an undue burden on healthcare institutions and increasing costs across the system. SB 68 will help ensure that damages awarded in personal injury cases accurately reflect real medical expenses, rather than inflated or speculative amounts.

Furthermore, SB 68 addresses anchoring, a legal strategy that can lead to excessive and arbitrary jury awards for non-economic damages by introducing artificially high figures at trial. By reducing this practice and establishing clearer rules, the bill will help restore fairness to the judicial process, ultimately reducing the cost of healthcare and protecting access to care for Georgia residents.

Hospitals across our state operate in a challenging environment, especially in rural communities where resources are limited. Inflated and inaccurate damages only exacerbate these challenges, diverting critical resources away from patient care. SB 68 is a necessary step toward ensuring a balanced legal framework that supports both justice and the sustainability of Georgia’s healthcare system.

I respectfully urge you to vote YES on SB 68 with no amendments and stand with your hospitals, patients, and communities across Georgia in supporting a fairer and more transparent legal process. Thank you for your leadership and dedication to the well-being of our state.