SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1132
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 923236
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11  Senator Wasserman Schultz moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
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15            page 141, line 21, delete those lines
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18         (b)  If a compensable permanent impairment, or any
19  portion thereof, is a result of aggravation or acceleration of
20  a preexisting condition, or is the result of merger with a
21  preexisting impairment, an employee eligible to receive
22  impairment benefits under paragraph (3)(a) shall receive such
23  benefits for the total impairment found to result, excluding
24  the degree of impairment existing at the time of the subject
25  accident or injury or which would have existed by the time of
26  the impairment rating without the intervention of the
27  compensable accident or injury. The degree of permanent
28  impairment attributable to the accident or injury shall be
29  compensated in accordance with paragraph (3)(a). As used in
30  this paragraph, "merger" means the combining of a preexisting
31  permanent impairment with a subsequent compensable permanent
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1132
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 923236
 1  impairment which, when the effects of both are considered
 2  together, result in a permanent impairment rating which is
 3  greater than the sum of the two permanent impairment ratings
 4  when each impairment is considered individually.
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 8  And the title is amended as follows:
 9         On page 3, lines 14-18, delete those lines
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