Text: HSB00662 Text: HSB00664 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 22.7, Code Supplement 1999, is amended 1 2 by adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 39. All documents in professional 1 4 liability cases subject to sections 668.11 and 668.11A, prior 1 5 to completion of the certification process required by section 1 6 668.11. 1 7 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 668.11A CONFIDENTIALITY IN 1 8 PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY CASES. 1 9 1. All filings in professional liability cases subject to 1 10 the time period limitations for expert witness certification 1 11 in section 668.11 shall be confidential, shall not be 1 12 inspected by the public, and shall not be disclosed to the 1 13 public, until the certification process is complete. This 1 14 requirement does not apply to the service of documents and 1 15 pleadings between parties to the action, and does not limit 1 16 the use of documents and pleadings related to the case by 1 17 attorneys, the attorneys' staff, parties, potential witnesses 1 18 in the case, and court personnel administering such files and 1 19 cases. 1 20 2. Pleadings, court notices, orders, and postings related 1 21 to professional liability cases shall not contain the full, 1 22 real names of professional liability defendants, until the 1 23 certification process required by section 668.11 is complete. 1 24 The court shall enact rules relating to the designation of 1 25 professional liability defendants in such documents. 1 26 3. Hearings in the case held prior to completion of the 1 27 certification process required by section 668.11 shall be 1 28 closed to the public. 1 29 4. Any person who knowingly discloses or receives 1 30 information protected by this section shall be liable for 1 31 contempt, punishable by both fine and imprisonment. 1 32 EXPLANATION 1 33 This bill requires that professional liability cases be 1 34 treated confidentially by the parties and the court, until the 1 35 certification of expert witnesses pursuant to Code section 2 1 668.11 is complete. The bill provides that professional 2 2 liability defendants will not be designated by their full, 2 3 real names on any documents related to the case, and that 2 4 hearing in the case shall be closed to the public until the 2 5 certification process is complete. A related amendment is 2 6 made to Code section 22.7, pertaining to confidential records. 2 7 Violations of the confidentiality requirements are 2 8 punishable as contempt with both fine and imprisonment. 2 9 LSB 6496YC 78 2 10 jj/as/5
Text: HSB00662 Text: HSB00664 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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