House Bill hb1581

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1581

        By Representative Farkas






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health care; amending ss.

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

  4         responsibility of physicians and osteopathic

  5         physicians; requiring the Department of Health

  6         to suspend the license of a physician or

  7         osteopathic physician pending payment, up to

  8         the amounts required by any applicable

  9         financial responsibility provision, of any

10         outstanding judgment, arbitration award, other

11         order, or settlement; providing an effective

12         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, to read:

18         458.320  Financial responsibility.--

19         (9)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this

20  section, the department shall suspend the license of any

21  physician against whom has been entered a final judgment,

22  arbitration award, or other order or who has entered into a

23  settlement agreement to pay damages arising out of a claim for

24  medical malpractice, if all appellate remedies have been

25  exhausted and payment up to the amounts required by this

26  section has not been made within 30 days after the entering of

27  such judgment, award, or order or agreement, until proof of

28  payment is received by the department. This section does not

29  apply to physicians who have met the financial responsibility

30  requirements in paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(b).

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1581

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

  2  459.0085, Florida Statutes, to read:

  3         459.0085  Financial responsibility.--

  4         (10)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this

  5  section, the department shall suspend the license of any

  6  osteopathic physician against whom has been entered a final

  7  judgment, arbitration award, or other order or who has entered

  8  into a settlement agreement to pay damages arising out of a

  9  claim for medical malpractice, if all appellate remedies have

10  been exhausted and payment up to the amounts required by this

11  section has not been made within 30 days after the entering of

12  such judgment, award, or order or agreement, until proof of

13  payment is received by the department. This section does not

14  apply to osteopathic physicians who have met the financial

15  responsibility requirements in paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(b).

16         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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19                          SENATE SUMMARY

20    Requires the Department of Health to suspend the license
      of any physician or osteopathic physician pending payment
21    up to the amounts required by the applicable financial
      responsibility provision of any outstanding judgment,
22    arbitration award, order or settlement.

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