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The committee's amendment (1656) was rejected on a roll call 135\u2013212 on June 8, 2005. A floor amendment (1808), offered by Rep Rowe, was rejected on a voice vote on June 8, 2005. On June 8, 2005 the House rejected a motion to lay it on the table on a roll call 94\u2013243. A floor amendment (1821), offered by Rep Ulery, was rejected on a voice vote on June 8, 2005. On June 8, 2005 the House voted to pass it on a roll call 218\u2013115. The bill was enrolled on June 15, 2005 \u2014 the final check of the text before it goes to the governor. The governor signed it on June 30, 2005, making it Chapter 197 of the session laws. It took effect on August 29, 2005.", "stages": [{"label": "Senate Committee (Judiciary)", "hand": "S:committee", "text": "It was introduced on February 3, 2005 and referred to the Senate Judiciary committee. The committee held a public hearing on March 29, 2005. 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Peter Allen (D)", "s": "allen, peter", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Michael Balboni (R)", "s": "balboni, michael", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Barker (R)", "s": "barker, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Bernard Benn (D)", "s": "benn, bernard", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Jean-Guy Bergeron (R)", "s": "bergeron, jean-guy", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Laurie Boyce (R)", "s": "boyce, laurie", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Sharon Carson (R)", "s": "carson, sharon", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Chris Christensen (R)", "s": "christensen, chris", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Claire Clarke (D)", "s": "clarke, claire", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. William Clayton (D)", "s": "clayton, william", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Mary Cooney (D)", "s": "cooney, mary", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Judson Dexter (R)", "s": "dexter, judson", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. 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Deanna Rush (D)", "s": "rush, deanna", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Joan Schulze (D)", "s": "schulze, joan", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Barbara Shaw (D)", "s": "shaw, barbara", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Hilda Sokol (D)", "s": "sokol, hilda", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Kathleen Souza (R)", "s": "souza, kathleen", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Stanley Stevens (R)", "s": "stevens, stanley", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Eric Stohl (R)", "s": "stohl, eric", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Saghir Tahir (R)", "s": "tahir, saghir", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. James Twombly (R)", "s": "twombly, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Charles Weed (D)", "s": "weed, charles", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Burton Williams (R)", "s": "williams, burton", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Dudley Dumaine (R)", "s": "dumaine, dudley", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. 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Mark McConkey (R)", "s": "mcconkey, mark", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Charles McMahon (R)", "s": "mcmahon, charles", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Harry Merrow (R)", "s": "merrow, harry", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Joseph Miller (D)", "s": "miller, joseph", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Maureen Mooney (R)", "s": "mooney, maureen", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Richard Morris (R)", "s": "morris, richard", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Clifford Newton (R)", "s": "newton, clifford", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. James Oliver (R)", "s": "oliver, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Jessie Osborne (D)", "s": "osborne, jessie", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Christopher Pappas (D)", "s": "pappas, christopher", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Henry Parkhurst (D)", "s": "parkhurst, henry", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Maurice Pilotte (D)", "s": "pilotte, maurice", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. 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Stephen Stepanek (R)", "s": "stepanek, stephen", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Francis Sullivan (D)", "s": "sullivan, francis", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Katherine Taylor (D)", "s": "taylor, katherine", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Theberge (R)", "s": "theberge, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Anna Tilton (D)", "s": "tilton, anna", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Kevin Waterhouse (R)", "s": "waterhouse, kevin", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Norman Weldy (R)", "s": "weldy, norman", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. James Wheeler (R)", "s": "wheeler, james", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Wiley (R)", "s": "wiley, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. George Winchell (R)", "s": "winchell, george", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Stephen Michon (D)", "s": "michon, stephen", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. John Dowd (R)", "s": "dowd, john", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Larry Converse (D)", "s": "converse, larry", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Jeffrey Aboshar (R)", "s": "aboshar, jeffrey", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Christopher Ahlgren (R)", "s": "ahlgren, christopher", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Gene Andersen (D)", "s": "andersen, gene", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Michael Asselin (R)", "s": "asselin, michael", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Jane Beaulieu (D)", "s": "beaulieu, jane", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. David Bettencourt (R)", "s": "bettencourt, david", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Michael Biundo (R)", "s": "biundo, michael", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Ralph Boehm (R)", "s": "boehm, ralph", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Jennifer Brown (D)", "s": "brown, jennifer", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Suzanne Butcher (D)", "s": "butcher, suzanne", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. William Butynski (D)", "s": "butynski, william", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Donald Buxton (R)", "s": "buxton, donald", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Bernard Buzzell (D)", "s": "buzzell, bernard", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. David Campbell (D)", "s": "campbell, david", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. James Carew (R)", "s": "carew, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Duncan Chaplin (R)", "s": "chaplin, duncan", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Gene Charron (R)", "s": "charron, gene", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. William Chase (D)", "s": "chase, william", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Jacalyn Cilley (D)", "s": "cilley, jacalyn", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Mark Clark (R)", "s": "clark, mark", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. James Coburn (R)", "s": "coburn, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. James Danforth (R)", "s": "danforth, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Caitlin Daniuk (D)", "s": "daniuk, caitlin", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Betsi DeVries (D)", "s": "devries, betsi", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Richard Ken Donahue (R)", "s": "donahue, richard ken", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Donald Dyer (R)", "s": "dyer, donald", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Fran Egbers (D)", "s": "egbers, fran", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Nancy Elliott (R)", "s": "elliott, nancy", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. David Essex (D)", "s": "essex, david", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Eileen Flockhart (D)", "s": "flockhart, eileen", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Foose (D)", "s": "foose, robert", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Sheila Foote (R)", "s": "foote, sheila", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Forsing (R)", "s": "forsing, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Bea Francoeur (R)", "s": "francoeur, bea", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Harry Gale (R)", "s": "gale, harry", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. James Garrity (R)", "s": "garrity, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Patrick Garrity (D)", "s": "garrity, patrick", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Laurie Harding (D)", "s": "harding, laurie", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Suzanne Harvey (D)", "s": "harvey, suzanne", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Bruce Heald (R)", "s": "heald, bruce", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Raymond Hebert (R)", "s": "hebert, raymond", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Keith Hirschmann (R)", "s": "hirschmann, keith", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Paul Hopfgarten (R)", "s": "hopfgarten, paul", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Arthur Jillette (D)", "s": "jillette, arthur", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Paula Johnson (D)", "s": "johnson, paula", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. David Kidder (R)", "s": "kidder, david", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. J. David Knox (R)", "s": "knox, j. david", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. 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Judson Dexter (R)", "s": "dexter, judson", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Richard Drisko (R)", "s": "drisko, richard", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Susan Emerson (R)", "s": "emerson, susan", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Peter Espiefs (D)", "s": "espiefs, peter", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Donald Flanders (R)", "s": "flanders, donald", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Peter Franklin (D)", "s": "franklin, peter", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Carolyn Gargasz (R)", "s": "gargasz, carolyn", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Karl Gilbert (R)", "s": "gilbert, karl", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Giuda (R)", "s": "giuda, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Carlos E. Gonzalez (R)", "s": "gonzalez, carlos e.", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Earle Goodwin (D)", "s": "goodwin, earle", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. John Graham (R)", "s": "graham, john", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Vincent Greco (D)", "s": "greco, vincent", "p": "D", "v": "No vote recorded"}, {"n": "Rep. Rip Holden (R)", "s": "holden, rip", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Introne (R)", "s": "introne, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Daniel Itse (R)", "s": "itse, daniel", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Rogers Johnson (R)", "s": "johnson, rogers", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Stephen L'Heureux (R)", "s": "l'heureux, stephen", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Lori Movsesian (D)", "s": "movsesian, lori", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Debra Naro (R)", "s": "naro, debra", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Stephen Nedeau (R)", "s": "nedeau, stephen", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Eric Palangas (D)", "s": "palangas, eric", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Matt Quandt (R)", "s": "quandt, matt", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. James Rausch (R)", "s": "rausch, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Carl Robertson (R)", "s": "robertson, carl", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Deanna Rush (D)", "s": "rush, deanna", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Joan Schulze (D)", "s": "schulze, joan", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Barbara Shaw (D)", "s": "shaw, barbara", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Hilda Sokol (D)", "s": "sokol, hilda", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Kathleen Souza (R)", "s": "souza, kathleen", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Stanley Stevens (R)", "s": "stevens, stanley", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Eric Stohl (R)", "s": "stohl, eric", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Saghir Tahir (R)", "s": "tahir, saghir", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. James Twombly (R)", "s": "twombly, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Charles Weed (D)", "s": "weed, charles", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Burton Williams (R)", "s": "williams, burton", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. 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Margie Maybeck (R)", "s": "maybeck, margie", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Mark McConkey (R)", "s": "mcconkey, mark", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Charles McMahon (R)", "s": "mcmahon, charles", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Harry Merrow (R)", "s": "merrow, harry", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Joseph Miller (D)", "s": "miller, joseph", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Maureen Mooney (R)", "s": "mooney, maureen", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Richard Morris (R)", "s": "morris, richard", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Clifford Newton (R)", "s": "newton, clifford", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. James Oliver (R)", "s": "oliver, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Jessie Osborne (D)", "s": "osborne, jessie", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Christopher Pappas (D)", "s": "pappas, christopher", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Henry Parkhurst (D)", "s": "parkhurst, henry", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Maurice Pilotte (D)", "s": "pilotte, maurice", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Pamela Price (R)", "s": "price, pamela", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Dennis Reed (R)", "s": "reed, dennis", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Herbert Richardson (D)", "s": "richardson, herbert", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Lawrence Ross (R)", "s": "ross, lawrence", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Emma Rous (D)", "s": "rous, emma", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Stella Scamman (R)", "s": "scamman, stella", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Michael Scanlon (R)", "s": "scanlon, michael", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Peter Schmidt (D)", "s": "schmidt, peter", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Lee Slocum (R)", "s": "slocum, lee", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Paul Smith (R)", "s": "smith, paul", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Peter Solomon (D)", "s": "solomon, peter", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Gregory Sorg (R)", "s": "sorg, gregory", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Stephen Stepanek (R)", "s": "stepanek, stephen", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Francis Sullivan (D)", "s": "sullivan, francis", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Katherine Taylor (D)", "s": "taylor, katherine", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Theberge (R)", "s": "theberge, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Anna Tilton (D)", "s": "tilton, anna", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Kevin Waterhouse (R)", "s": "waterhouse, kevin", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Norman Weldy (R)", "s": "weldy, norman", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. James Wheeler (R)", "s": "wheeler, james", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Wiley (R)", "s": "wiley, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. George Winchell (R)", "s": "winchell, george", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Stephen Michon (D)", "s": "michon, stephen", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. John Dowd (R)", "s": "dowd, john", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Larry Converse (D)", "s": "converse, larry", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Jeffrey Aboshar (R)", "s": "aboshar, jeffrey", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Christopher Ahlgren (R)", "s": "ahlgren, christopher", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Gene Andersen (D)", "s": "andersen, gene", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Michael Asselin (R)", "s": "asselin, michael", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Jane Beaulieu (D)", "s": "beaulieu, jane", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. David Bettencourt (R)", "s": "bettencourt, david", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Michael Biundo (R)", "s": "biundo, michael", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Ralph Boehm (R)", "s": "boehm, ralph", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Jennifer Brown (D)", "s": "brown, jennifer", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Suzanne Butcher (D)", "s": "butcher, suzanne", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. William Butynski (D)", "s": "butynski, william", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Donald Buxton (R)", "s": "buxton, donald", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Bernard Buzzell (D)", "s": "buzzell, bernard", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. David Campbell (D)", "s": "campbell, david", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. James Carew (R)", "s": "carew, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Duncan Chaplin (R)", "s": "chaplin, duncan", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Gene Charron (R)", "s": "charron, gene", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. William Chase (D)", "s": "chase, william", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Jacalyn Cilley (D)", "s": "cilley, jacalyn", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Mark Clark (R)", "s": "clark, mark", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. James Coburn (R)", "s": "coburn, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. James Danforth (R)", "s": "danforth, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Caitlin Daniuk (D)", "s": "daniuk, caitlin", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Betsi DeVries (D)", "s": "devries, betsi", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Richard Ken Donahue (R)", "s": "donahue, richard ken", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Donald Dyer (R)", "s": "dyer, donald", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Fran Egbers (D)", "s": "egbers, fran", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Nancy Elliott (R)", "s": "elliott, nancy", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. David Essex (D)", "s": "essex, david", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Eileen Flockhart (D)", "s": "flockhart, eileen", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Foose (D)", "s": "foose, robert", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Sheila Foote (R)", "s": "foote, sheila", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Forsing (R)", "s": "forsing, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Bea Francoeur (R)", "s": "francoeur, bea", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Harry Gale (R)", "s": "gale, harry", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. James Garrity (R)", "s": "garrity, james", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Patrick Garrity (D)", "s": "garrity, patrick", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Laurie Harding (D)", "s": "harding, laurie", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Suzanne Harvey (D)", "s": "harvey, suzanne", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Bruce Heald (R)", "s": "heald, bruce", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Raymond Hebert (R)", "s": "hebert, raymond", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Keith Hirschmann (R)", "s": "hirschmann, keith", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Paul Hopfgarten (R)", "s": "hopfgarten, paul", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Arthur Jillette (D)", "s": "jillette, arthur", "p": "D", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Paula Johnson (D)", "s": "johnson, paula", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. 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Joe Osgood (R)", "s": "osgood, joe", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}], "mk": "otp", "mf": {}, "mrec": "COMMITTEE REPORT:  OTP"}], "stations": [{"when": "2005-03-29", "time": "13:30", "what": "hearing", "committee": "Judiciary", "body": "S", "venue": "SH 100", "video_id": "", "watch": null, "predicted": "", "start": null, "state": "prestream", "tolerance": null, "short": false, "end": null, "end_stated": false, "end_from": null, "candidate": null, "start_stated": false, "said_how": null, "end_stated_cluster": false}, {"when": "2005-04-26", "time": "13:00", "what": "hearing", "committee": "", "body": "H", "venue": "RMs206-208,LOB", "video_id": "", "watch": null, "predicted": "", "start": null, "state": "prestream", "tolerance": null, "short": false, "end": null, "end_stated": false, "end_from": null, "candidate": null, "start_stated": false, "said_how": null, "end_stated_cluster": false}, {"when": "2005-05-10", "time": "11:00", "what": "full committee work session", "committee": "", "body": "H", "venue": "RM208,LOB", "video_id": "", "watch": null, "predicted": "", "start": null, "state": "prestream", "tolerance": null, "short": false, "end": null, "end_stated": false, "end_from": null, "candidate": null, "start_stated": false, "said_how": null, "end_stated_cluster": false}], "reports": [{"bill": "SB214", "title": "relative to screening panels for medical injury claims", "majority_recommendation": "OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT", "minority_recommendation": "OUGHT TO PASS", "reports": [{"side": "Majority", "author": "Rep. Bette R. Lasky", "committee": "Judiciary", "vote_yeas": 12, "vote_nays": 6, "text": "Senate Bill 214 is a measure that would alter the system by which our state's civil justice system processes medical malpractice litigation The bill as passed by the Senate and with the amendment recommended by the committee would create a pre-trial system of screening medical malpractice cases in our superior courts. The screening panel consists of a doctor practicing in the same or similar specialty as the defendant, a judge, and a lawyer. These individuals have the expertise and experience to evaluate the information presented without the expense and time of a \"mini-trial.\" SB 214 as amended preserves the screening panel provided for in the original bill, but streamlines its procedure by limiting evidence at the hearing to offers of proof rather than formal testimony. It creates a true screening panel, designed to separate meritorious from non-meritorious cases, to determine if there is sufficient evidence to raise a legitimate question of liability. If a panel hearing cannot be achieved within 6 months, the case shall be screened by a single justice of the superior court within 45 days who will then determine if the evidence presented is sufficient to raise the question of liability. Any controversy not resolved by agreement of the parties in light of the screening opinion would then be submitted to a mediator for mandatory mediation within forty-five days. If the mediation process is not successful, the parties would then proceed to trial in the normal fashion. In neither instance does the screening panel or screening judge determine anything other than merit or non-merit and does not determine in any way a \"winner\" or a \"loser.\" There will be no findings admissible to the jury to interfere in any way with the right to an impartial jury. The amendment is the product of extensive study undertaken in response to the numerous questions raised by the bill and by the competing claims of the medical and legal professions concerning it. Over the past three months, the committee has heard scores of hours of testimony and received hundreds of pages of information. Following an initial seven-hour public hearing, the committee scheduled further hearings to which it invited experts in various disciplines implicated in the bill, including representatives of the New Hampshire Insurance Department, the Joint Underwriters Association, the New Hampshire Center for Policy Studies, the Board of Medicine, Franklin Pierce Law Center, and the founder of the former Matthew Thornton Health Clinic. Testimony was virtuously unanimous that there are no frivolous lawsuits filed in New Hampshire, that New Hampshire's courts and juries do not award excessive verdicts, and that few non-meritorius suits are filed. Further, punitive damages are prohibited in New Hampshire, and we already have in place a statutory penalty that adequately deters frivolous lawsuits. Finally, even insurance specialists acknowledge that the installation of a Maine screening panel system will not lower medical malpractice insurance premiums, but, at best may stabilize their increase. The Bureau of Insurance of the State of Maine has acknowledged being unable to conclude that its system has been a factor impacting either the cost of health care generally or medical liability insurance in particular. The committee learned that Maine's system is not functioning satisfactorily procedurally in a number of ways. Most significant is that the average wait for assembling a panel is at least 1.7 years because of the difficulty in avoiding conflicts of interest in a state with a relatively small number of physicians in any given specialty and in particular the difficulty of locating physicians qualified to serve who not only do not know the defendant physician or the attorneys involved and who are not insured by the same entity as the defendant physician. Although the Supreme Court of Maine has found its screening panel statute constitutional under that state's constitution, according to NH constitutional experts, it is by no means certain that a similar bill here would pass constitutional muster under the unique terms of Article 20 of our Bill of Rights, which states that the right to trial by jury \"shall be held sacred.\" The bi-partisan majority of the Judiciary Committee believes SB 214 as amended is a reasoned compromise to SB 214 as introduced and is a means toward achieving the right balance for New Hampshire's physicians and its citizens who need access to the courts for wrongful medical injuries."}, {"side": "Minority", "author": "Rep. John B. Hunt", "committee": "Judiciary", "text": "SB 214 without amendment, represents a bipartisan, 3+ year effort to help improve the medical liability climate in New Hampshire in order to protect access to critical medical specialty care. We need to keep our medical specialists here and we need to be able to attract and recruit new physicians to the Granite State. In 2003, the NH Legislature created a commission that studied the existing, ineffective pre-trial screening panel law, RSA 519-A. As a result of the commission's work, HB 1413 was introduced in 2004. That bill, based on the 20-year old successful Maine law, was amended and passed by the House; then further 4 amended by the Senate. The bill died in a committee of conference last year. SB 214 is also modeled after the Maine law with improvements and compromises. The supporters believe that SB 214 strikes the right balance of protecting the rights of injured parties while encouraging early settlements to reduce administrative costs which ultimately reduces costs overall. The panel system in SB 214 will weed out non-meritorious claims and get meritorious cases resolved as soon as possible. (Frivolous is not the same as non-meritorious.) As many House members know, a fivemember OB/GYN group from Rochester left and moved to Kittery, Maine, last December in part because they could no longer afford the high medical liability premiums in our state. The committee heard anecdotal testimony that other OBY/GYNS are now limiting their practices to elective surgery and stopping head trauma care altogether in order to be able to afford their liability premiums. New Hampshire needs to do something NOW. If we pass SB 214 without amendment, the liability companies that insure NH health care providers will immediately have 20 years of actuarial data from Maine upon which to base new rating decisions. We can hit the ground running. The proposed amendment to SB 214 is NOT a compromise; it is a totally new \"animal.\" It represents a gamble for NH. Will the new system it creates actually reduce costs associated with medical liability cases? We don't know, although we do think it is more likely to increase costs than to decrease them, and neither will the liability insurance companies. The supporters of SB 214, without amendment, fear that waiting to see if the SB 214 amendment/experiment affects insurance premiums is time we do not have. It is not fair to the citizens of New Hampshire. SB 214 as it came to us from the Senate offers a quicker and less expensive way to resolve medical liability cases. Two reports from Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine show that patients with meritorious cases have their claims resolved sooner and they end up with a larger portion of the settlement. Both plaintiffs and defendants maintain their right to go to a jury trial! The amendment offered on SB 214 has a lower standard of proof and any decision made by the panel or the screening judge is not admissible. What is the point then of making any effort to participate in the process? It just sets up additional steps that offer absolutely no benefit to either the plaintiff or the defendant. The minority believes that one of the reasons that NH's current voluntary pre-trial system (RSA 519-A) does not work is because the panel results are inadmissible! The success of the Maine law is that all parties make their best effort at the panel hearing because unanimous panel decisions ARE admissible. (Split decisions are not admissible.) Without maintaining a higher standard of proof and without admissibility of unanimous panel decisions, we may as well walk away and keep the current ineffective NH law on the books. Some of the opposition to SB 214, unamended, is based on supposed constitutional defects. We believe that SB 214 will withstand a constitutional challenge. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court addressed the issue and upheld the Maine system with recommendations to protect against potential jury confusion. Those recommendations were written directly into SB 214. The system in SB 214, unamended, has been proven effective in meeting the goal of reducing upward rate pressure on medical liability insurance rates by reducing costs. It thus bears a fair and substantial relationship to the legislative goal of ensuring access to medical care that is being hurt by spiraling insurance rates. The right to jury trial simply isn't affected - no claimant, meritorious or not, is prevented from taking a case to jury trial, and juries are not prevented from considering any issue. On the contrary, the jury would be carefully instructed that it is at liberty to give whatever consideration it thinks is appropriate to a unanimous panel decision - it is not bound in any way. One member of the minority of the committee disagrees with the rest of the minority and believes the bill should just be killed. Because only one minority report is allowed under the rules, as a courtesy to him, we are including his position in this report for the benefit of the entire House. This one member believes the bill is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of an injured person to have access to the courts. The member believes that, under the bill, a plaintiff has an extra hoop to jump through before he or she can get to the constitutional arbiter of disputes, the jury. He believes the bill will increase costs to begin a case, and raise the level that a case must be worth before an attorney can afford to take it on. He believes this will hurt the ones who need relief most, the poor who now have unexpected medical bills and no means to pay them. Further, the member believes we have no evidence that there is a problem in New Hampshire with the type of frivolous lawsuits that this panel system would eliminate. He also believes that mediation that is in the amendment is a great idea, but making it mandatory and then requiring the parties to pay for it is unjust. For these reasons one member of the minority believes this bill should be killed. However, the majority of the minority of the Judiciary Committee wants to adopt the type of meaningful reform contained in SB 214, as it came to us from the Senate. We urge the members of the House to vote against adoption of the committee amendment and then vote \"ought to pass\" on 5 SB 214. New Hampshire must be able to tell the physicians, nurses, hospitals and patients of this state that we stood up for their concerns by supporting and voting for SB 214 without amendment."}], "source": "House Calendar 45, 2005", "date": "2005-06-03", "dated": "printed", "cite": "HC 45", "cite_url": "https://gc.nh.gov/house/calendars_journals/viewer.aspx?fileName=calendars%5C2005%5CNo%2045%20June%203%202005.pdf"}], "docket_reports": [{"date": "2005-04-05", "dated": "recorded", "body": "S", "committee": "Judiciary", "side": "", "recommendation": "OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT", "vote_yeas": null, "vote_nays": null, "amendment": "1019", "new_title": false, "cite": "SC 14A", "cite_url": "https://gc.nh.gov/senate/calendars_journals/viewer.aspx?fileName=Calendars%5C2005%5CSC%2014A.pdf"}], "report_actions": [], "veto_message": null, "bill_note": null, "subject": "Miscellaneous", "subject_source": "granite record", "house_committee": "Judiciary", "senate_committee": "Judiciary", "lsr": "2005-954", "docket_url": "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=954&sy=2005&txtsessionyear=2005&txtbillnumber=sb214&sortoption=billnumber", "documents": [{"label": "Bill status page", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/Bill_status.aspx?lsr=954&sy=2005&txtsessionyear=2005&txtbillnumber=sb214&sortoption=billnumber", "kind": "status"}, {"label": "Docket", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=954&sy=2005&txtsessionyear=2005&txtbillnumber=sb214&sortoption=billnumber", "kind": "docket"}, {"label": "SC 8", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/senate/calendars_journals/viewer.aspx?fileName=Calendars%5C2005%5CSC%2008.pdf", "kind": "record"}, {"label": "SC 10", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/senate/calendars_journals/viewer.aspx?fileName=Calendars%5C2005%5CSC%2010.pdf", "kind": "record"}, {"label": "SC 13", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/senate/calendars_journals/viewer.aspx?fileName=Calendars%5C2005%5CSC%2013.pdf", "kind": "record"}, {"label": "SC 14A", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/senate/calendars_journals/viewer.aspx?fileName=Calendars%5C2005%5CSC%2014A.pdf", "kind": "record"}, {"label": "HC 45", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/house/calendars_journals/viewer.aspx?fileName=calendars%5C2005%5CNo%2045%20June%203%202005.pdf", "kind": "record"}], "amendments": [{"num": "1019", "kind": "Committee Amendment", "where": "committee", "date": "2005-04-07", "body": "S", "adopted": false, "vote_kind": "RC", "mover": "", "proposed_by": "", "text": "", "source": "", "targets": [], "supersedes": []}, {"num": "1656", "kind": "Committee Amendment", "where": "committee", "date": "2005-06-08", "body": "H", "adopted": false, "vote_kind": "RC", "mover": "", "proposed_by": "", "text": "", "source": "", "targets": [], "supersedes": []}, {"num": "1808", "kind": "Fl Am", "where": "", "date": "2005-06-08", "body": "H", "adopted": false, "vote_kind": "VV", "mover": "Rep Rowe", "proposed_by": "", "text": "", "source": "", "targets": [], "supersedes": []}, {"num": "1821", "kind": "Fl Am", "where": "", "date": "2005-06-08", "body": "H", "adopted": false, "vote_kind": "VV", "mover": "Rep Ulery", "proposed_by": "", "text": "", "source": "", "targets": [], "supersedes": []}], "billtext": {"version": "Final version", "title": "", "analysis": "This bill:\n\nI. Creates panels for medical injury claims.\n\nII. Establishes a committee to study medical malpractice insurance rates and the effectiveness of the mandatory panel process.\n\nIII. Requires certain reports relative to medical malpractice insurance and the mandatory panels.\n\nIV. Repeals the current hearing panels for professional malpractice claims.", "body": "Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:\n\n197:1 New Chapter; Screening Panels for Medical Injury Claims. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 519-A the following new chapter:\n\nCHAPTER 519-B\n\nSCREENING PANELS FOR MEDICAL INJURY CLAIMS\n\n519-B:1 Findings, Purpose, and Intent.\n\nI. Availability and affordability of insurance against liability for medical injury is essential for the protection of patients as well as assuring availability of and access to essential medical and hospital care. This chapter affirms the intent of the general court to contain the costs of the medical injury reparations system and to promote availability and affordability of insurance against liability for medical injury. Claims for medical injury should be resolved as early and inexpensively as possible to contain system costs. Claims that are resolved before court determination cost less to resolve than claims that must be resolved by a court. Meritorious claims should be identified as quickly as possible, as should non-meritorious claims. Defendants should consider paying or compromising meritorious claims and plaintiffs should consider withdrawing or compromising non-meritorious claims, as soon as the merits of the claims are known to the parties. Presentation of claims to a medical review panel is intended to help identify both meritorious and non-meritorious claims without the delay and expense of a court trial. It is essential to the effectiveness of the panel process that panel proceedings be confidential unless and until a matter heard by a panel proceeds to trial. It is equally essential to the effectiveness of the panel process that a panel\u2019s unanimous findings be presented to the jury in any matter that is not resolved prior to trial. The panel process will encourage the prompt resolution of claims, because both sides will be given an objective view of the merits. If the panel finds that a claim has merit, the defendant will be more likely to pay the claim or negotiate a compromise that is favorable to the claimant. If the panel finds that the claim lacks merit, the claimant is more likely to withdraw the claim or accept a nominal settlement.\n\nII. The purposes of pretrial screening panels are:\n\n(a) To identify claims of professional negligence which merit compensation and to encourage early resolution of those claims prior to commencement of a lawsuit; and\n\n(b) To identify claims of professional negligence and to encourage early withdrawal or dismissal of nonmeritorious claims.\n\n519-B:2 Definitions. In this chapter:\n\nI. \u201cAction for medical injury\u201d means an action for medical injury as defined in RSA 507-E:1, I.\n\nII. \u201cMedical care provider\u201d means a medical care provider as defined in RSA 507-E:1, II.\n\nIII. \u201cMedical injury\u201d means a medical injury as defined in RSA 507-E:1, III.\n\n519-B:3 Formation and Procedure.\n\nI. The chief justice of the superior court shall maintain a list of retired judges, persons with judicial experience, and other qualified persons to serve on screening panels under this chapter, from which he or she shall choose a panel chairperson under paragraph II of this section. The chief justice of the superior court shall maintain lists of health care practitioners and attorneys with litigation experience, recommended by their respective professional organizations to serve on screening panels under this chapter. As required by the chief justice, the professional organization of each profession shall inform the chief justice of the names of volunteers to serve on panels.\n\nII. Screening panel members shall be selected as follows:\n\n(a) Upon the entry of a medical injury case, the clerk of the superior court in which the medical injury case is filed shall notify the chief justice of the superior court.\n\n(b) Within 14 days following the return date, the chief justice shall choose a retired judge, a person with judicial experience, or other qualified person from the list maintained by the chief justice to serve as chairperson of the panel to screen the claim. If at any time a chairperson chosen under this paragraph is unable or unwilling to serve, the chief justice shall appoint a replacement following the procedure in this paragraph for the initial appointment of a chairperson. Persons other than retired judges or those with judicial experience may be appointed as chairperson based on appropriate trial experience. If the chief justice appoints as chairperson, a person who is not a retired judge or who does not have judicial experience, each side may make one challenge to the appointment.\n\n(c) The chief justice shall notify the clerk of the name of the person designated to serve as chairperson and shall provide the clerk with the lists of health care practitioners, health care providers, and attorneys maintained under this section. Upon notification of the chief justice\u2019s choice of chairperson, the clerk shall notify the chairperson and the parties, and provide them with the lists of health care practitioners, health care providers, and attorneys. The chairperson shall choose 2 or 3 additional panel members from the lists as follows:\n\n(1) One attorney.\n\n(2) One health care practitioner. If possible, the chairperson shall choose a practitioner who practices in the same specialty or profession as the person or entity accused of professional negligence.\n\n(3) Where the claim involves more than one person accused of professional negligence the chairperson may choose a fourth panel member who is a health care practitioner. If possible, the chairperson shall choose a practitioner or provider in the specialty or profession of a person accused.\n\n(4) When agreed upon by all the parties, the list of available panel members may be enlarged in order to select a panel member who is agreed to by the parties but who is not on the chief justice\u2019s list.\n\nIII. The screening panel process is not intended to delay or postpone the trial of a medical injury case. The superior court may establish a trial date at a structuring conference, or other scheduling conference, and all interim deadlines as it would in any other case.\n\nIV. The chief justice of the superior court shall establish the compensation of the panel chairperson if he or she is not otherwise compensated by the state of New Hampshire. Other panel members shall serve without compensation or payment of expenses.\n\nV. The clerk of the superior court in the county in which a medical injury case is filed shall, with the consent of the chief justice of the superior court, provide clerical and other assistance to the panel chairperson.\n\nVI.(a) Only challenges for cause shall be allowed.\n\n(b) If a panel member other than the chairperson is challenged for cause, the party challenging the member shall notify the panel chairperson. If the panel chairperson finds cause for the challenge, he or she shall replace the panel member.\n\n(c) If the chairperson is challenged for cause, the party challenging the chairperson shall notify the chief justice of the superior court. If the chief justice finds cause for the challenge, he or she shall replace the chairperson.\n\nVII. The panel, through the chairperson, shall have the same subpoena power as exists for a superior court judge. The chairperson shall have sole authority, without requiring the agreement of other panel members, to issue subpoenas.\n\nVIII. The New Hampshire superior court rules shall govern discovery conducted under this chapter. The parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve discovery issues themselves. The chairperson shall rule on disputes regarding discovery. Any person aggrieved by a chairperson\u2019s ruling regarding discovery may appeal to the superior court, which shall defer to the chairperson\u2019s factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous.\n\n519-B:4 Panel Procedures.\n\nI. All documents filed with the court in a medical injury action that are part of the screening process are confidential.\n\nII. Within 20 days of the return date, the person or persons accused shall contact the claimant\u2019s counsel and by agreement shall designate a timetable for filing all the relevant medical and provider records necessary to a determination by the panel. If the parties are unable to agree on a timetable within 60 days of the return date, the claimant shall notify the chairperson of the panel. The chairperson shall then establish a timetable for the filing of all relevant records and reasonable discovery, which shall be filed at least 30 days before any hearing date. The hearing shall be no later than 6 months from the return date, except when the time period has been extended by the panel chairperson in accordance with this chapter.\n\nIII. The pretrial screening may be bypassed if all parties agree upon a resolution of the claim by trial.\n\nIV. All parties to a claim may, by written agreement, submit a claim to the binding determination of the panel. Both parties may agree to bypass the panel for any reason, or may request that certain preliminary legal affirmative defenses or issues be litigated prior to submission of the case to the panel. The panel shall have no jurisdiction to hear or decide, absent agreement of the parties, dispositive legal affirmative defenses, other than comparative negligence. The panel chairperson may require the parties to litigate, by motion, such dispositive legal affirmative defenses in the superior court prior to submission of the case to the panel. Any such defense, as well as any motion relating to discovery that the panel chairperson has chosen not to rule on, may be presented, by motion, in superior court.\n\nV. Except as otherwise provided in this section, there shall be one combined hearing for all claims under this section arising out of the same set of facts. Where a medical injury case has been filed against more than one person accused of medical injury based on the same facts, the parties may, upon agreement of all parties, require that hearings be separated. The chairperson may, for good cause, order separate hearings.\n\nVI. All requests for extensions of time under this section shall be made to the panel chairperson. The chairperson may extend any time period for good cause, except that the chairperson may not extend any time period that would result in the hearing being held more than 11 months following the return date unless good cause is shown.\n\nVII.(a)(1) On failure of the plaintiff to prosecute or to comply with rules or any order of the chairperson, or if the plaintiff fails to attend a properly scheduled hearing, and on motion by the chairperson or any party, after notice to all parties has been given and the party against whom sanctions are proposed has had the opportunity to be heard and show good cause, the chairperson may order appropriate sanctions, which may include dismissal of the case. If any sanctions are imposed, the chairperson shall state the sanctions in writing and include the grounds for the sanctions.\n\n(2) Unless the chairperson or the panel in an order for dismissal specifies otherwise, a dismissal under this subparagraph is with prejudice for purposes of proceedings before the panel. A dismissal with prejudice is the equivalent of a finding for the defendant on all issues before the panel.\n\n(b)(1) On failure of a defendant to comply with the rules or any order of the chairperson, or if a defendant fails to attend a properly scheduled hearing, and on motion by the chairperson or any party, after notice to all parties has been given and the party against whom sanctions are proposed has had the opportunity to be heard and show good cause, the chairperson may order appropriate sanctions, which may include default. If any sanctions are imposed, the chairperson shall state the sanctions in writing and include the grounds for the sanctions.\n\n(2) Unless the chairperson or the panel in its order for default specifies otherwise, a default under this paragraph is the equivalent of a finding against the defendant on all issues before the panel.\n\n(c) Any person aggrieved by a chairperson\u2019s ruling regarding sanctions may appeal to the superior court, which shall defer to the chairperson\u2019s factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous.\n\n519-B:5 Hearing.\n\nI.(a) The claimant or a representative of the claimant shall present the case before the panel. The person accused of professional negligence or that person\u2019s representative shall make a responding presentation. The panel shall afford the parties wide latitude in the conduct of the hearing including, but not limited to, the right of examination and cross-examination by attorneys. Depositions are admissible whether or not the person deposed is available at the hearing. The chairperson shall make all procedural rulings, which shall be final. The New Hampshire rules of evidence shall not apply. Evidence shall be admitted if it is the kind of evidence upon which reasonable persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs. The panel shall make findings upon such evidence as is presented at the hearing, the records, and any expert opinions provided by or sought by the panel or the parties.\n\n(b) After presentation by the parties, the panel may request additional facts, records, or other information from either party to be submitted in writing or at a continued hearing, which continued hearing shall be held as soon as possible. The continued hearing shall be attended by the same members of the panel who have sat on all prior hearings in the same claim, unless otherwise agreed by all parties. Replacement panel members shall be appointed pursuant to this chapter.\n\nII. The panel shall maintain a tape-recorded record. Except as provided in RSA 519-B:8, the record may not be made public and the hearings may not be public without the consent of all parties.\n\nIII. The chairperson of the panel shall attempt to mediate any differences of the parties before proceeding to findings.\n\n519-B:6 Findings by Panel.\n\nI. At the conclusion of the presentations, the panel shall make its findings regarding negligence and causation in writing within 30 days by answering the following questions:\n\n(a) Whether the acts or omissions complained of constitute a deviation from the applicable standard of care by the medical care provider charged with that care;\n\n(b) Whether the acts or omissions complained of proximately caused the injury complained of; and\n\n(c) If fault on the part of the medical care provider is found, whether any fault on the part of the patient was equal to or greater than the fault on the part of the provider.\n\nII. The standard of proof used by the panel shall be as follows:\n\n(a) The plaintiff shall prove negligence and proximate causation by a preponderance of the evidence; and\n\n(b) The defendant shall prove comparative negligence by a preponderance of the evidence.\n\n519-B:7 Notification of Findings. The panel\u2019s findings, signed by the panel members, indicating their vote, shall be sent by registered or certified mail to the parties within 7 days of the date of the findings. The findings and record of the hearing shall be preserved until 30 days after final judgment or final resolution of the case, after which time it shall be destroyed. All medical and provider records shall be returned to the party providing them to the panel.\n\n519-B:8 Confidentiality and Admissibility.\n\nI. Except as provided in this section, all proceedings before the panel, including its final determinations, shall be treated as private and confidential by the panel and the parties to the claim.\n\n(a) The findings and other writings of the panel and any evidence and statements made by a party or a party\u2019s representative during a panel hearing are not admissible in court and shall not be submitted or used for any purpose in a subsequent trial and shall not be publicly disclosed, except as follows:\n\n(1) Any testimony or writings made under oath may be used in subsequent proceedings for purposes of impeachment.\n\n(2) The party who made a statement or presented evidence may agree to the submission, use, or disclosure of that statement or evidence.\n\n(b) If the panel findings as to both the questions under RSA 519-B:6, I(a) and (b) are unanimous and unfavorable to the defendant, the findings are admissible in any subsequent trial of the medical injury case.\n\n(c) If the panel findings as to any question under RSA 519-B:6, I are unanimous and unfavorable to the plaintiff, the findings are admissible in any subsequent trial of the medical injury case.\n\nII. The confidentiality provisions of this section shall not apply if the findings were influenced by fraud.\n\nIII. The deliberations and discussion of the panel and the testimony of any expert, whether called by a party or the panel, shall be privileged and confidential, and no such person may be asked or compelled to testify at a later court proceeding concerning the deliberations, discussions, findings, or expert testimony or opinions expressed during the panel hearing, unless by the party who called and presented the nonparty expert, except such deliberation, discussion, and testimony as may be required to prove an allegation of fraud.\n\n519-B:9 Mandatory Instructions.\n\nI. When panel findings are offered and admitted into evidence in a subsequent court action in accordance with RSA 519-B:8, I(b) or (c), the trial court shall provide the following information to the jury to provide a basis for the jury to understand the nature of the panel findings and to put the panel findings in context in evaluating all of the evidence presented at the trial:\n\n(a) The panel process is a preliminary procedural step through which malpractice claims proceed.\n\n(b) The panel in this case consisted of (insert the name and identity of the members).\n\n(c) The panel conducts a summary hearing and is not bound by the rules of evidence.\n\n(d) The hearing is not a substitute for a full trial and may or may not have included all of the evidence that is presented at the trial.\n\n(e) The jury is not bound by the findings of the panel and it is the jurors\u2019 duty to reach their own conclusions based on all of the evidence presented to them.\n\n(f) The panel proceedings are privileged and confidential. Consequently, the parties may not introduce panel documents or present witnesses to testify about the panel proceedings, and they may not comment on the panel findings or proceedings except as provided in subparagraphs (a) through (e).\n\nII. The information specified in paragraph I shall be provided to the jury when the findings are admitted into evidence and when the court instructs the jury prior to submitting the case to the jury.\n\n519-B:10 Effect of Panel Findings. Unanimous findings entered by the panel under RSA 519-B:6, I shall be implemented as follows:\n\nI. If findings are in the plaintiff\u2019s favor, the defendant shall promptly enter into negotiations to pay the claim or admit liability. If liability is admitted, the claim may be submitted to the panel, upon agreement of the parties, for determination of damages. If the claim goes to a trial, the findings of the panel are admissible as provided in RSA 519-B:8, I(b).\n\nII. If the findings are in the defendant\u2019s favor, the plaintiff shall release the claim or claims based on the findings, without payment, or be subject to the admissibility of those findings under RSA 519-B:8, I(c).\n\n519-B:11 Medical Malpractice Panel and Insurance Oversight Committee Established.\n\nI. There is established a committee to study medical malpractice insurance rates in this state and the mandatory panels for medical injury claims process.\n\nII. The committee shall consist of 4 members of the senate appointed by the senate president, and 4 members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The house members shall include at least:\n\n(a) One member of the house judiciary committee.\n\n(b) One member of the house health, human services and elderly affairs committee.\n\n(c) One member of the house commerce committee.\n\nIII. The members of the committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Five members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.\n\nIV. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.\n\nV. The committee shall review and analyze information provided by the administrative office of the courts and the insurance department related to medical injury liability claim activity in order to determine the effectiveness of mandatory screening panels for medical injury claims established in this chapter. The committee\u2019s review shall include, but not be limited to, whether medical malpractice insurance premiums have been affected and whether there has been any limitation of access to the courts by injured parties.\n\nVI.(a) The committee shall make an interim report of its findings about medical liability insurance rates and the mandatory panel process and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before December 1, 2008.\n\n(b) The committee shall make a final report of its findings about medical liability insurance rates and the mandatory panel process and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before December 1, 2010. The report shall include a recommendation to terminate, continue, or amend RSA 519-B.\n\n519-B:12 Reports.\n\nI.(a) The administrative office of the courts shall collect data on medical injury claims and submit a report on the screening panel process to the committee established in RSA 519-B:11 and to the insurance commissioner on or before September 30 of each year.\n\n(b) The report required by this paragraph shall include the number of medical injury cases filed, pending, and resolved; and the number of panel hearings and the number of panel hearing days during the fiscal year ending on the June 30 preceding the report date.\n\n(c) The report required by this paragraph shall also include, for medical injury cases resolved during the fiscal year:\n\n(1) The mean and median lengths of time from initial filing to final resolution.\n\n(2) The number and average settlement amount of cases that were resolved prior to the panel hearing.\n\n(3) The number and average settlement amount of cases that were resolved after a panel hearing but before a trial.\n\n(4) The number and average settlement amount of cases that were resolved by or after a jury verdict.\n\n(d) The report required by this paragraph shall also include, for medical injury cases in which a panel made findings during the fiscal year, the number of cases that fell into each category of possible results of a panel hearing (unanimous for the plaintiff; majority for the plaintiff; unanimous for the defendant; majority for the defendant), the status, and, if applicable, the results of the cases in each category.\n\n(e) To the extent possible, the report required by this paragraph shall include comparative data from the previous 5 years.\n\nII.(a) The insurance commissioner shall report to the committee established in RSA 519-B:11 annually, on or before November 1 of each year, on the medical malpractice market and the effects of the panel process established in this chapter. Such reports shall include, but not be limited to, the average rates of medical liability insurance for categories of medical providers and specialties identified by the insurance commissioner, the frequency and severity of medical injury claims, and the time for resolution of medical injury claims from first notice to final resolution.\n\n(b) The insurance commissioner may adopt rules to collect the data from insurers necessary to prepare the report required by this paragraph. To the extent the commissioner collects information from insurers regarding individual claims, loss adjustment and other expenses, reserves, indemnity payments, or other financial information that is not otherwise reported to the commissioner and available to the public, such information shall be treated as examination materials, kept confidential, and not be subject to RSA 91-A.\n\n197:2 Repeal. RSA 519-A, relative to professional malpractice claims, is repealed.\n\n197:3 Repeal. The following are repealed:\n\nI. RSA 519-B:11, relative to the medical malpractice panel and insurance oversight committee.\n\nII. RSA 519-B:12, relative to reports.\n\n197:4 Effective Date.\n\nI. Section 3 of this act shall take effect December 31, 2010.\n\nII. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.\n\n(Approved: June 30, 2005)\n\n(Effective Date: I. Section 3 shall take effect December 31, 2010.\n\nII. 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