HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2125

    Amendment No. 02 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations

12  offered the following:

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 31, between 24 and line 25 of the bill

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18         (d)  Other than an entity to which s. 768.28 applies,

19  any eligible lead community-based provider, as defined in

20  paragraph (b), or its employees or officers, except as

21  otherwise provided in paragraph (e), must, as a part of its

22  contract, obtain a minimum of $1 million per claim/$3 million

23  per incident in general liability insurance coverage. In any

24  tort action brought against such an eligible lead

25  community-based provider, net economic damages shall be

26  limited to $1 million per claim, including, but not limited

27  to, past and future medical expenses, wage loss, and loss of

28  earning capacity, offset by any collateral source payment paid

29  or payable. In any tort action brought against such an

30  eligible lead community-based provider, noneconomic damages

31  shall be limited to $200,000 per claim. A claims bill may be

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2125

    Amendment No. 02 (for drafter's use only)





 1  brought on behalf of a claimant pursuant to s. 768.28 for any

 2  amount exceeding the limits specified in this paragraph. Any

 3  offset of collateral source payments made as of the date of

 4  the settlement or judgment shall be in accordance with s.

 5  768.76. The lead community-based provider shall not be liable

 6  in tort for the acts or omissions of its subcontractors or the

 7  officers, agents, or employees of its subcontractors.

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10         And on page 27, line 3 remove from the bill (a) and (b)

11  and insert in lieu thereof: (a), (b), and (d)

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15  And the title is amended as follows:

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19         excluding certain entities from certain

20         insurance requirements;

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