STATEMENT TO

 

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1034

 

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Assemblyman BODINE)

 

ADOPTED: MARCH 13, 1997

 

 

      This amendment provides that the original effective date provisions of P.L.1995, c.140, which modified joint and several liability for most negligence and strict liability actions, apply to causes of action for medical malpractice. P.L.1995, c.140 became effective June 29, 1995. Without this amendment, the bill proposes to change the effective date for all such actions to 90 days after June 29, 1995. This amendment retains the earlier date for causes of action for medical malpractice.