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In this file photo, Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, participates remotely in a committee hearing. On Saturday, he urged the supporters and opponents of medical malpractice legislation to work on a compromise. (Eddie Moore/Journal)
SANTA FE – A proposal to remove hospitals from the state s Medical Malpractice Act – exposing them to greater damage awards in court – narrowly survived a tense, tearful committee hearing Saturday.
The legislation, House Bill 75, now heads to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where a competing measure backed by the New Mexico Hospital Association and doctor and nursing groups is also pending.
The bill debated Saturday advanced on a 6-5 vote after family members testified about the anguish of seeing a child or parent harmed by hospital wrongdoing.
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