Since its inception in 2018, the APA has focused its resources to defeat legislation designed to eliminate medical funding and limit patient access to care. The 2022 legislative session saw a 343% increase in legislation proposed that would negatively impact personal injury patients’ ability to receive quality, timely medical treatment.
Each legislative session, APA members, medical providers and patients are on the front lines meeting with legislators and testifying in committee hearings that if medical lien funding is eliminated, patients would be denied or delayed access to critical medical treatment. The list of states seeking to eliminate medical lien funding as we know it increases every year, with 2024 the biggest year yet – 22 states – nearly half the country! Thanks to the support of our members, APA was able to stop or get carve outs for personal injury patients and their medical providers in 12 of those states this year.
During the 2025 legislative session, Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Texas will be critical legislative states for the APA due to expected proposed legislation aimed at eliminating medical care provided on a lien basis.
We need you to help us fight in these states!
In the News
Effort to Curb Personal-Injury ‘Nuclear Verdicts’ Dies in Texas Legislature
Reflects how Senate Bill 30, designed to limit high personal-injury payouts, failed to pass.
Medical Malpractice Reform Trends: Texas, Utah, Georgia & South Carolina
Offers a cohesive view of multi-state reform efforts and emerging trends.
“Consumers Have Lost, Insurers Have Won”: Florida May Restore Policyholder Rights
Captures the push to re-enable lawsuits over claims denials.
- South Carolina Enacts Tort Reform & Liquor Liability Law—More Reforms Promised
- Medical Malpractice Caps: What Limits Mean for Plaintiffs in Midwestern States
- Georgia Governor Kemp Approves Sweeping Tort Reform Package
- Insurance Premiums Rising in Florida Despite Tort Reform Measures
- Florida's Fake Crisis (article) - accompanying video
- SC Enacts Combined Tort Reform & Liquor Liability Law—More Reforms Promised
2025 Legislative Heat Map
States highlighted in red have legislation during their 2025 legislative session which poses a threat to personal injury patients' ability to receive medical care.
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