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House Bill 1643e1




                                   CS/HB 1643, First Engrossed/ntc



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health care; amending ss.

  3         458.320 and 459.0085, F.S., relating to

  4         financial responsibility of physicians and

  5         osteopathic physicians; requiring the

  6         Department of Health to suspend the license of

  7         a physician or osteopathic physician pending

  8         payment, up to the amounts required by the

  9         applicable financial responsibility provision

10         of law, of any outstanding judgment,

11         arbitration award, other order, or settlement;

12         providing an effective date.

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Subsection (9) is added to section 458.320,

17  Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, to read:

18         458.320  Financial responsibility.--

19         (9)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section to

20  the contrary, if a physician has had entered against him or

21  her a final judgment, arbitration award, or other order or has

22  reached a settlement agreement to pay damages arising out of a

23  claim for medical malpractice, if all appellate remedies

24  related thereto have been exhausted, and if payment up to the

25  amounts required by this section is not made within 30 days

26  after the entering of such judgment, award, or order or after

27  the reaching of such agreement, the department shall suspend

28  the license of the physician until such time as proof of

29  payment is received by the department.  This section shall not

30  apply to physicians who have meet the financial responsibility

31  requirements as set forth in s. 458.320(1)(b) and (2)(b).


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                                   CS/HB 1643, First Engrossed/ntc



  1         Section 2.  Subsection (10) is added to section

  2  459.0085, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, to read:

  3         459.0085  Financial responsibility.--

  4         (10)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section to

  5  the contrary, if an osteopathic physician has had entered

  6  against him or her a final judgment, arbitration award, or

  7  other order or has reached a settlement agreement to pay

  8  damages arising out of a claim for medical malpractice, if all

  9  appellate remedies related thereto have been exhausted, and if

10  payment up to the amounts required by this section is not made

11  within 30 days after the entering of such judgment, award, or

12  order or after the reaching of such agreement, the department

13  shall suspend the license of the osteopathic physician until

14  such time as proof of payment is received by the department.

15  This section shall not apply to osteopaths who have meet the

16  financial responsibility requirements as set forth in s.

17  495.0085(1)(b) and (2)(b).

18         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

19  law.

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