PRINTER'S NO. 414
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
469
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY AND BROWNE, FEBRUARY 13, 2015
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 13, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, adding and changing
definitions; further providing for the unified judicial
system; establishing the appellate division of the Medical
Professional Liability Court; further providing for transfers
between intermediate appellate courts, for lien of judgments
for money, for direct appeals to the Supreme Court from
courts of common pleas, for allowance of appeals from
Superior Court and Commonwealth Court, for appeals to
Superior Court from courts of common pleas, for original
jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Court and for appeals to the
Commonwealth Court from courts of common pleas; providing for
the jurisdiction of the appellate division of the Medical
Professional Liability Court and for the organization and
jurisdiction of the Medical Professional Liability Court;
establishing the Medical Professional Liability
Qualifications Commission and prescribing its powers and
duties; further providing for selection of judicial officers,
for vacancies in judicial offices and for retention election
of judicial officers; providing for selection and retention
of judges of the Medical Professional Liability Court and for
salaries of judges of the Medical Professional Liability
Court; establishing the Medical Professional Liability Court
Fund and providing for receipts and payments; and further
providing for right to appellate review and for appeals
generally; and making editorial changes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "appellate court" in section
102 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
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