Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 870
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Book)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 186 and 187
    4  insert:
    5         (13) Any hospital, fire station, or emergency medical
    6  services station that uses a newborn infant safety device under
    7  this section, and the local government having jurisdiction over
    8  such facility, is immune from liability for any harm, failure,
    9  injury, or loss of life that may result from use or misuse of
   10  the newborn infant safety device, and all liability shall be
   11  assumed by the manufacturer and the parent company of the
   12  organization that owns such device.
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   14  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   15  And the title is amended as follows:
   16         Delete line 31
   17  and insert:
   18         newborn infant applies; providing facilities that use
   19         a newborn infant safety device, and the local
   20         governments having jurisdiction over such facilities,
   21         with immunity from liability related to the use of
   22         such device; providing that all liability is assumed
   23         by the manufacturer and parent organization having
   24         ownership of such device; amending s. 63.0423, F.S.;