SB74 • 2026

LIABILITY: Defines the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority. (8/1/26)

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Sponsor: Thomas Pressly
Last action: 2026-03-09
Official status: Pending Senate Health and Welfare
Effective date: Not listed

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LIABILITY: Defines the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority. (8/1/26)

LIABILITY: Defines the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority.

What This Bill Does

LIABILITY: Defines the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority.
(8/1/26)

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Bill History

2026-03-09 S
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-02-20 S
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

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LIABILITY: Defines the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority. (8/1/26)

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SLS 26RS-363 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 74
BY SENATOR PRESSLY
LIABILITY. Defines the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority. (8/1/26)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1231.1(A)(2), relative to medical malpractice; to define
3 authority for purposes of medical malpractice; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 40:1231.1(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 §1231.1. Definitions and general applications
7 A. As used in this Part:
8 * * *
9 (2) "Authority" means the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority
10 established under Section 1231.7 R.S. 40:1231.7.
11 * * *
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Senate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof
or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
DIGEST
SB Original 2026 Regular Session Pressly
Proposed law clarifies that the term "authority" relative to medical malpractice means the
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SB NO. 74
SLS 26RS-363 ORIGINAL
Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority
Effective August 1, 2026.
(Amends R.S. 40:1231.1(A)(2))
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.