PRINTER'S NO. 678
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
601
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY AND VULAKOVICH, APRIL 13, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 13, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions,
further providing for definitions; in general structure and
powers, further providing for unified judicial system; in
organization of appellate courts, providing for appellate
division of the Medical Professional Liability Court of
Pennsylvania; in jurisdiction of appellate courts, further
providing for transfers between intermediate appellate
courts, for lien of judgments for money, for direct appeals
of courts of common pleas, for allowance of appeals from
Superior and Commonwealth Courts, for appeals from courts of
common pleas, for original jurisdiction and for appeals from
courts of common pleas and providing for jurisdiction of
appellate division of Medical Professional Liability Court;
providing for organization and jurisdiction of the Medical
Professional Liability Court of Pennsylvania; in judicial
boards and commissions, providing for Medical Professional
Liability Court Qualifications Commission; in selection and
retention of judicial officers, further providing for
selection of judicial officers for regular terms, for
vacancies in office and for retention elections after regular
term and providing for selection and retention of judges of
the Medical Professional Liability Court; in budget and
finance, providing for salaries judges of Medical
Professional Liability Court and for Medical Professional
Liability Court Fund; in preliminary provisions relating to
actions, proceedings and other matters generally, further
providing for right to appellate review; in limitation of
time, further providing for appeals generally; and making a
conforming change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
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