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SB366

Provides relative to the Medical Malpractice Act. (8/1/26)

Introduced·2/27/26
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Louisiana SB366 amends the Medical Malpractice Act by raising the cap on recoverable damages and modifying procedures for medical malpractice claims.

Louisiana SB366 amends the Medical Malpractice Act by raising the cap on recoverable damages for medical malpractice claims from $500,000 to $1,000,000, adjusted for inflation. The bill also modifies procedures for medical malpractice claims by allowing an alternative to initiating a claim through an affidavit by a board-certified doctor, rather than requiring all claims to be heard by a medical review panel.

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Judiciary A Committee
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Sponsors

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History

Mar 9

Senate

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

Feb 27

Senate

Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.