Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2118
                        Barcode 041766
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11  The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Campbell) recommended
12  the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 6, between lines 12 and 13,
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18         Section 2.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (4) of
19  section 440.09, Florida Statutes, to read:
20         440.09  Coverage.--
21         (4)
22         (d)  An employer or carrier who denies or delays
23  benefits to an injured worker in violation of s. 440.105 shall
24  pay to such worker a penalty of treble the amount of benefits
25  denied by the employer or carrier.
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27  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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31  And the title is amended as follows:
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    11:44 AM   04/12/05                            s2118c-bi32-c8y

Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2118 Barcode 041766 1 On page 1, line 6, after the semicolon, 2 3 insert: 4 amending s. 440.09, F.S.; requiring an employer 5 or carrier who denies or delays benefits to pay 6 a penalty to the injured worker; 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 11:44 AM 04/12/05 s2118c-bi32-c8y