California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) ensures injured patients receive fair compensation while preserving access to health care by keeping doctors, nurses and health care providers in practice and hospitals and clinics open.
In May of 2022, stakeholders reached a legislative agreement to modernize MICRA while preserving its core protections. Assembly Bill 35 keeps MICRA’s essential guardrails in place for patients and providers while also providing fair and reasonable increases to the established limit on non-economic damages for medical negligence cases starting in 2023.
Access to Health Care Services for Vulnerable Populations
MICRA is especially critical in protecting access to specialty and high-risk services, including:
- OB/GYN and other women’s health care
- Rural health care
- Low income health care services
- Community clinics
- HIV/AIDS specialty services
More Information on MICRA
California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) ensures injured patients receive fair compensation while preserving access to health care by keeping doctors, nurses and health care providers in practice and hospitals and clinics open.
In May of 2022, stakeholders reached a legislative agreement to modernize MICRA while preserving its core protections. Assembly Bill 35 keeps MICRA’s essential guardrails in place for patients and providers while also providing fair and reasonable increases to the established limit on non-economic damages for medical negligence cases starting in 2023.
Access to Health Care Services for Vulnerable Populations
MICRA is especially critical in protecting access to specialty and high-risk services, including:
- OB/GYN and other women’s health care
- Rural health care
- Low income health care services
- Community clinics
- HIV/AIDS specialty services