H-1331

   Amend Senate File 465, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 5, after line 1 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  PATIENT COMPENSATION FUND STUDY.
   1.  The commissioner of insurance shall, in consultation with representatives of the Iowa medical society, the Iowa osteopathic medical association, the Iowa hospital association, the Iowa nurses association, the Iowa medical mutual insurance company, the insurance industry, the Iowa state bar association, the Iowa association for justice, and the Iowa defense counsel association, conduct a study regarding the establishment and implementation of a patient compensation fund by this state.
   2.  The commissioner of insurance shall submit a report to the governor and general assembly by December 15, 2017, detailing the findings of the study and recommendations for any proposed legislation. The study shall include the following:
   a.  The effect of patient compensation funds on medical malpractice premiums in states with such funds.
   b.  The estimated effect on medical malpractice premiums in this state if a patient compensation fund is established and implemented.
   c.  The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics’ experience with partial self-insurance with the Iowa medical mutual insurance company.
   d.  Proposals to set a maximum amount of liability a health care provider may be subject to for a malpractice claim, any exceptions to that maximum amount, and the estimated effect of such a maximum amount on medical malpractice premiums in this state.
   e.  Proposals to set a maximum amount of recovery for a plaintiff with respect to a medical malpractice action, any exceptions to that maximum amount, and the estimated effect of such a maximum amount on medical malpractice premiums in this state.
   f.  The types of health care providers that may participate in the patient compensation fund.
   g.  The mechanism through which surcharges for participation in the fund may be collected and deposited into the patient compensation fund.
   h.  Whether participation in the patient compensation fund should be mandatory or voluntary.
   i.  Proposals for the management and administration of the patient compensation fund.
   j.  Any other relevant issues.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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