Senate Bill sb1940

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1940

    By Senator Diaz de la Portilla





    34-1611-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to wrongful death; amending s.

  3         768.21, F.S.; repealing a provision prohibiting

  4         recovery of damages for wrongful death in

  5         certain cases when the decedent or survivor is

  6         an adult child; amending ss. 400.023, 400.0235,

  7         400.4295, F.S., to conform; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (8) of section 768.21, Florida

13  Statutes, is repealed.

14         Section 2.  Subsection (7) of section 400.023, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         400.023  Civil enforcement.--

17         (7)  An action under this part for a violation of

18  rights or negligence recognized herein is not a claim for

19  medical malpractice, and the provisions of s. 768.21(8) do not

20  apply to a claim alleging death of the resident.

21         Section 3.  Section 400.0235, Florida Statutes, is

22  amended to read:

23         400.0235  Certain provisions not applicable to actions

24  under this part.--An action under this part for a violation of

25  rights or negligence recognized under this part is not a claim

26  for medical malpractice, and the provisions of s. 768.21(8) do

27  not apply to a claim alleging death of the resident.

28         Section 4.  Section 400.4295, Florida Statutes, is

29  amended to read:

30         400.4295  Certain provisions not applicable to actions

31  under this part.--An action under this part for a violation of

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1940
    34-1611-02




  1  rights or negligence recognized herein is not a claim for

  2  medical malpractice, and the provisions of s. 768.21(8) do not

  3  apply to a claim alleging death of the resident.

  4         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  5  law.

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  8                          SENATE SUMMARY

  9    Repeals a statutory provision that disallows recovery of
      wrongful-death damages by an adult child or by the
10    parents of an adult child.

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