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Whether the parties will reach agreement – and the committee will approve – is unclear.
“Everybody is mildly unhappy, which is perfect,” said Daymon Ely, a Corrales Democrat and sponsor of one of the bills.
Sen. Gay Kernan, a Hobbs Republican and co-sponsor of the other bill, said the parties are at least making progress in negotiations.
“Of course, no one is going to be 100 percent happy,” Kernan said.
The state Supreme Court, meanwhile, delivered its own news Monday, upholding the constitutionality of a $600,000 cap on damages under the state’s existing medical malpractice system. The case centered on a Placitas woman injured during a gynecological procedure in 2011.