c2055798
Senate
s0300-98
s0370
2002
AA
104940
Senator Saunders moved the following amendment to amendment
(104940):
On page 97, between lines 23 and 24,
On page 107, line 21,




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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment to amendment

12  (104940):

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 97, between lines 23 and 24,

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17  insert:

18         Section 80.  Effective upon this act becoming a law,

19  subsection (10) of section 627.357, Florida Statutes, is

20  amended to read:

21         627.357  Medical malpractice self-insurance.--

22         (10)(a)1.  An application to form a self-insurance fund

23  under this section must be filed with the department before

24  October 1, 2002. All self-insurance funds authorized under

25  this paragraph must apply for a certificate of authority to

26  become an authorized insurer by October 1, 2006. Any such fund

27  failing to obtain a certificate of authority as an authorized

28  insurer within 1 year of the date of application therefore

29  shall wind down its affair and shall not issue coverage after

30  the expiration of the 1-year period.

31         2.  Any self insurance fund established pursuant to

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  1  this section after April 1, 2002, shall also comply with ss.

  2  624.460-624.489, notwithstanding s. 624.462(2)(a). In the

  3  event of a conflict between the provisions of this section and

  4  ss. 624.460-624.489, the latter sections shall govern. With

  5  respect to those sections, provisions solely applicable to

  6  workers' compensation and employers liability insurance shall

  7  not apply to medical malpractice funds. A self insurance may

  8  not be formed under this section after October 1, 1992.

  9         Section 81.  Subsection (7) of section 631.54, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         631.54  Definitions.--As used in this part:

12         (7)  "Member insurer" means any person who writes any

13  kind of insurance to which this part applies under s. 631.52,

14  including the exchange of reciprocal or interinsurance

15  contracts and any medical malpractice self-insurance fund

16  authorized after April 1, 2002 under s. 627.357, and is

17  licensed to transact insurance in this state.

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19  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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23  And the title is amended as follows:

24         On page 107, line 21, after the semicolon

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27         amending s. 627.357, F.S.; revising provisions

28         governing medical malpractice self-insurance;

29         amending s. 631.54, F.S.; redefining the term

30         "member insurer";

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