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Bill Text

A3180 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3180 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JAY WEBBER

District 26 (Morris and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Fantasia and Assemblyman Azzariti Jr.

SYNOPSIS

���� "Medical Philanthropy Act"; provides 
physicians who provide uncompensated care with $250,000 cap on noneconomic 
damages in actions alleging medical malpractice.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning physicians and medical malpractice liability 
and supplementing Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� This act shall be known 
and may be cited as the �Medical Philanthropy Act.�

���� 2.��� a.� A physician licensed 
to practice medicine and surgery in this State who provides care or treatment 
to at least 10 percent of the physician�s patients in a calendar year without 
receiving any compensation for that care or treatment, shall not be liable in 
any action for noneconomic damages alleging medical malpractice against that 
physician in an amount that exceeds $250,000.� The $250,000 limit shall apply to cases arising out of care or treatment 
provided by the physician during the calendar year following the year the uncompensated 
care described in this subsection was provided.

���� b.��� The State Board of 
Medical Examiners shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the 
�Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), that 
establish procedures for: 

���� (1)�� physicians to report, 
document, and certify the uncompensated care and treatment provided in a 
calendar year and the total number of patients who received care and treatment 
from the physician during that year; 

���� (2)�� the board to verify that 
the reported uncompensated care and treatment was provided to more than 10 
percent of the physician�s patients; and

���� (3)�� the board to notify the 
physician and the Department of Banking and Insurance that the physician 
qualifies for the medical malpractice insurance limit.

���� c.���� Upon receipt of 
notification pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the physician may 
submit the notification to the physician�s medical malpractice insurer and 
inform the insurer that the physician is subject to a limit of $250,000 in 
noneconomic damages for the calendar year.

���� 3.��� This act shall take 
effect on January 1 next following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill, which is designated 
the �Medical Philanthropy Act,� seeks to encourage physicians to provide their 
professional services without receiving compensation to more than 10 percent of 
their patients.� In return for the provision of uncompensated care and 
treatment, the bill establishes a $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages for a 
physician�s entire professional medical practice.� With a limited malpractice 
liability risk, the physician will be subject to a reduced medical malpractice 
insurance premium.

���� Specifically, the bill 
provides that a physician licensed to practice in this State who provides care 
or treatment to at least 10 percent of the physician�s patients in a calendar 
year without receiving any compensation for that care or treatment, shall not 
be liable in any action for noneconomic damages alleging medical malpractice 
against that physician in an amount that exceeds $250,000.� The $250,000 limit 
shall apply to cases arising out of care or treatment provided by the physician 
during the calendar year for which the physician qualifies for the $250,000 
limit.

���� The Board of Medical Examiners 
is directed to adopt rules and regulations that establish procedures for:� 

���� 1)��� physicians to report, 
document, and certify the uncompensated care and treatment provided in a 
calendar year and the total number of patients who received care and treatment 
from the physician during that year; 

���� 2)��� the board to verify that 
the reported uncompensated care and treatment was provided to more than 10 
percent of the physician�s patients; and

���� 3)��� the board to notify the 
physician and the Department of Banking and Insurance that the physician 
qualifies for the medical malpractice insurance limit.

���� Upon receipt of notification 
from the board, the physician may submit the notification to the physician�s 
medical malpractice insurer and inform the insurer that the physician is 
subject to a limit of $250,000 in noneconomic damages for the calendar year.

���� The bill takes effect on 
January 1 next following the date of enactment.