Amendment ID: S2996-14

Amendment 14

Corrective Amendment

Mr. Rodrigues moves that the proposed new text be amended in section 4, in proposed subsection (d) of section 11I½ of chapter 12, by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following 2 paragraphs:-

“(d) If a person, including any plaintiff, prosecutor, attorney or law firm, whether or not acting under color of law, engages or attempts to engage in abusive litigation that infringes on, interferes with or attempts to infringe on or interfere with legally-protected health care activity, any aggrieved person, provider, carrier or other entity, including any defendant in such abusive litigation, may institute and prosecute a civil action for injunctive, monetary or other appropriate relief within 3 years after the cause of action accrues

Any aggrieved person, provider, carrier or other entity, including any defendant in such abusive litigation, may move to modify or quash any subpoena issued in connection with such abusive litigation on the grounds that the subpoena is unreasonable, oppressive or inconsistent with the public policy of the commonwealth pursuant to the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure.”; and

in section 38, by striking out, in lines 450 and 451, the words “6 months from the effective date of this act” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “on or after January 1, 2023”.