HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1713
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Bucher offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between lines 935 and 936, insert:
16	Section 23. Section 627.4148, Florida Statutes, is amended
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18	627.4148 Medical malpractice insurers; required offer of
19	coverage limits.--An insurer issuing policies of professional
20	liability coverage for claims arising out of the rendering of,
21	or the failure to render, medical care or services shall make
22	available to physicians licensed under chapter 458 and to
23	osteopathic physicians licensed under chapter 459 coverage with
24	the following limits, subject to usual underwriting standards:
25	(1) One hundred thousand dollars per claim, $300,000
26	annual aggregate; and
27	(2) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars per claim, $750,000
28	annual aggregate.
29	The premium for such coverage shall reflect the prior claims
30	experience of the insured.
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34	Remove line(s) 59, and insert:
35	thereof; amending s. 627.4148, F.S.; providing for using an
36	insured’s claims experience in determining medical malpractice
37	premiums; amending s. 627.912, F.S.; requiring certain