LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas voters will be allowed to consider limits on non-economic damages in lawsuits against health care providers and also limits on contingency fees lawyers could receive in medical injury cases.
The Secretary of State's office said Friday a group proposing an amendment to Arkansas' constitution submitted a sufficient amount of signatures to place the matter before voters Nov. 8.
The group Health Care Access for Arkansas needed to gather signatures from 84,859 registered voters — or 10 percent of the number of people who voted in the 2014 gubernatorial election. Secretary of State Mark Martin said his staff validated 92,997 signatures.
A medical marijuana proposal has already been approved for the ballot. Another medical marijuana measure could be validated for the ballot, as could one allowing casinos in three counties.
Read Saturday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.