HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1713
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2	Senate House
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12	Representative Bucher offered the following:
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14	Substitute Amendment for Amendment (121143) (with title
15	amendment)
16	Between lines 772 and 773, insert:
17	Section 21. By June 1, 2003, each insurer issuing policies
18	of medical malpractice insurance in this state shall reduce the
19	rates for policies issued to hospitals by at least 25 percent of
20	the rate in effect for hospitals on March 17, 2003, and for
21	policies issued to persons licensed under chapter 458 or chapter
22	459, Florida Statutes, by at least 30 percent of the rate in
23	effect for such persons on March 17, 2003, unless such reduction
24	would result in rates that are inadequate for the insurer to
25	cover projected claims. In addition, prior to the reduction
26	required by this section, the rates of all such policies may not
27	be increased to any rate higher than the rate in effect on March
28	17, 2003.
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32	Remove line(s) 48, and insert:
33	filings; requiring insurers to reduce medical malpractice
34	insurance rates for hospitals and licensed physicians and
35	osteopathic physicians by certain minimum percentages at a date
36	certain; prohibiting certain rate increases prior to such
37	reduction; amending s. 627.357, F.S.; deleting the
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