Post by Logan on Apr 1, 2017 0:57:34 GMT -6
Oklahoma lawmakers are scrambling to determine whether a bill passed by the state Senate with the intent of limiting exposure of doctors to medical malpractice lawsuits could have the opposite result for many.
Senate Bill 762 was written to help physicians, Senate author Anthony Sykes, R-Oklahoma City, told his colleagues Tuesday during floor discussions of the bill.
"I think what happened was there were two versions of the bill ... and the one that got passed was the wrong one," said Ervin Yen, R-Oklahoma City, who is both a state senator and cardiac anesthesiologist. "It was certainly a mistake. We are trying to get it fixed. Surely we can."
Sen. Sykes did not respond directly to requests for comment, but asked a representative of the Oklahoma State Medical Association to respond to questions about the bill on his behalf.
Read more: newsok.com/did-state-senate-stub-toe-on-medical-malpractice-bill/article/5543122
Senate Bill 762 was written to help physicians, Senate author Anthony Sykes, R-Oklahoma City, told his colleagues Tuesday during floor discussions of the bill.
"I think what happened was there were two versions of the bill ... and the one that got passed was the wrong one," said Ervin Yen, R-Oklahoma City, who is both a state senator and cardiac anesthesiologist. "It was certainly a mistake. We are trying to get it fixed. Surely we can."
Sen. Sykes did not respond directly to requests for comment, but asked a representative of the Oklahoma State Medical Association to respond to questions about the bill on his behalf.
Read more: newsok.com/did-state-senate-stub-toe-on-medical-malpractice-bill/article/5543122