HB 243 -- Sovereign Immunity

Co-Sponsors:  May (108), Monaco

This bill increases the maximum liability coverage that the
state or its subdivisions may purchase for tort claims.  The
state and its subdivisions may purchase insurance to cover $2
million, in addition to reasonable and necessary medical
expenses, for all claims arising out of a single occurrence.
Also, the coverage may not exceed $500,000, in addition to
medical expenses, for any one person in a single occurrence.
The bill increases the state's liability limit for tort claims
to those amounts and provides for the amounts to be adjusted on
an annual basis according to the federal Implicit Price Deflator
for Personal Consumption Expenditures.