# Texas Voters Uphold Med Mal Caps 

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Texas voters narrowly ratified a state constitutional amendment that will limit certain types of medical malpractice awards.
The amendment—Proposition 12—was one of 22 amendments before the voters in a special election on Sept. 13. It confirms the constitutionality of a Texas law that caps non-economic damages against individual physicians in medical malpractice cases at $250,000 and those against hospitals and other health care facilities at $500,000. That law, enacted this summer, took effect Sept. 1. The amendment also spells out the right of Texas lawmakers to cap noneconomic damages in all types of lawsuits, effective Jan. 1, 2005. 

The amendment enjoyed the support of Republican Gov. Rick Perry and medical and employer groups, and was opposed by the trial bar and consumer groups.

Sources:
- Business Insurance (http://www.businessinsurance.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=2873)