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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 246
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 246, on page 8,
3 line 32, after "collect" by inserting "from the reports
4 required in subsection (A) of Section 23"; and
5 on page 9, by replacing lines 4 and 5 with "felonies within
6 the most recent 10 years. For"; and
7 on page 9, by deleting lines 10 through 13; and
8 on page 9, line 14, by replacing "(3)" with "(2)"; and
9 on page 9, line 16, after the period, by inserting "All final
10 disciplinary actions shall remain a matter of public
11 record."; and
12 on page 9, line 17, by replacing "(4)" with "(3)"; and
13 on page 9, line 19, after "years", by inserting ", but in no
14 event earlier than the year 1995. This information shall
15 come from the Federation of State Medical Boards or other
16 national reporting agencies. Information that is
17 confidential in the reporting state shall not be included in
18 the profile:"; and
19 on page 9, line 20, by replacing "(5)" with "(4)"; and
20 on page 9, by replacing lines 21 through 29 with "restriction
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1 of hospital privileges as required in subsection (A)(1) of
2 Section 23. Only cases that have occurred within the"; and
3 on page 9, by replacing lines 32 through 34 with the
4 following:
5 "(6) All medical malpractice court judgments, and
6 medical malpractice arbitration awards in which a payment
7 is made to a complaining party, within the most recent 10
8 years, but in no event earlier than the year 1995.
9 Dispositions of paid claims shall be reported in a
10 minimum of 3 graduated categories indicating the level of
11 significance of the award. Information concerning paid
12 medical malpractice claims shall be put in context by
13 comparing an individual licensee's medical malpractice
14 judgment and arbitration awards to the experience of
15 other licensees within the same specialty. Nothing in
16 this Section shall be construed to limit or prevent the
17 Disciplinary Board from providing further explanatory
18 information regarding the significance of categories in
19 which payments are reported."; and
20 on page 10, by deleting lines 1 through 20; and
21 on page 10, line 26, by replacing "(7)"with "(6)"; and
22 on page 12, by deleting lines 8 through 11; and
23 on page 12, line 6, by replacing "(6)" with "(5)"; and
24 on page 12, line 21, by replacing "(7)" with "(6)"; and
25 on page 12, line 25, by replacing "(8)" with "(7)"; and
26 on page 12, line 28, by replacing "(9)" with "(8)"; and
27 on page 12, line 32, by replacing "(10)" with "(9)"; and
28 on page 13, line 1, by replacing "(11)" with "(10)"; and
29 on page 13, after line 5, by inserting the following:
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1 "(d) The funding for the implementation of the physician
2 profiling shall not come from the Medical Disciplinary
3 Fund.".