SENATE DOCKET, NO. 522        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1779

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to medical liability..

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

 SECTION 1. The general court finds that:

 (1) the current medical litigation process is inconsistent, inefficient and unfair; creating an adversarial environment that discourages the open communication required to improve patient safety;