HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                   Bill No. HB 159
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Sobel offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, line 24 of the bill
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16  after the period, insert:  Such physician and the organization
17  are liable for damages for harm to a subscriber or enrollee
18  proximately caused by the adverse determination when such
19  determination is made without the exercise of ordinary care.
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23  And the title is amended as follows:
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26  after "determinations;" insert:
27         providing for damages when an organization or
28         physician fails to exercise ordinary care;
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