SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2566

    Amendment No. 2

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11  The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity

12  recommended the following amendment:

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 31, between lines 24 and 25,

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18         (d)  Except as provided for counties and municipalities

19  under s. 768.28, any eligible lead community-based provider,

20  as defined in paragraph (b), or its employees or officers,

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

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

23  million per incident in general liability insurance coverage.

24  In any 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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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2566

    Amendment No. 2





 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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11  And the title is amended as follows:

12         On page 3, line 2, after the semicolon,

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15         providing for application of state sovereign

16         immunity to counties and municipalities;

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