Medical Liability Reform: Benevolent Gestures: S.B. 379 (2013)

Pennsylvania

Allows health care providers to make benevolent gestures prior to the start of medical malpractice lawsuits, mediations, arbitrations or administrative actions and not have those statements or gestures of contrition used against them as long as such actions are not statements of negligence or fault.

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