SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 374

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Burt moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 25, between lines 28 and 29,

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17         Section 14.  Effective October 1, 1999, the minimum per

18  claim financial responsibility required under ss.

19  458.320(2)(b) and (c) and 459.0085(2)(b) and (c), Florida

20  Statutes, shall be increased from $250,000 to $500,000 and the

21  minimum aggregate requirement specified in said sections shall

22  be increased from $750,000 to $1,000,000; provided, further

23  that the provisions of ss. 458.320(5)(g) and 459.0085(5)(g),

24  Florida Statutes, respectively, shall not apply to any

25  physician or osteopathic physician with hospital staff

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 374

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         increasing minimum financial responsibility

 7         requirements for physicians and osteopathic

 8         physicians and eliminating an alternative

 9         method of satisfying financial responsibility

10         requirements for physicians and osteopathic

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