The Florida Senate is making it harder to pursue medical malpractice claims. The Senate last week voted 27-12 for the bill and sent it to the House.
The legislation (SB 1792) requires that expert witnesses called against a defendant doctor practice the exact same kind of medicine and not just be in “similar” fields.
The bill also allows any health care provider called as a witness to breach patient confidentiality and give attorneys information about a patient’s treatment.
Opponents called the legislation “overkill” and said it could potentially shield doctors from lawsuits even when they doing something wrong.
Sen. Tom Lee, R-Brandon and the prime sponsor, said the bill was an effort to create “fairness” in the system where doctors accused are not subjected to a “voodoo scientist” who testifies against them.
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