A recently filed tort reform bill would take a step backward by actually limiting how past medical malpractice reforms apply to claimants.
House Bill 956 by Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie, would make it clear that only a patient—or those who file a lawsuit on the patient’s behalf—can be claimants in a health care liability claim.
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