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CHAMBER ACTION |
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Representative Benson offered the following: |
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Amendment (with title amendment) |
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Remove line 1386, and insert:
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of this act are declared severable. However, notwithstanding the |
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provisions of this section, section 28, creating s. 766.118, |
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Florida Statutes, relating to the determination of noneconomic |
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damages as a result of medical negligence, and section 38, |
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repealing s. 768.21(8), Florida Statutes, relating to removing |
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the prohibition against certain parties from bringing suit for |
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wrongful death as a result of medical negligence, are not |
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severable and neither would have been enacted without the other. |
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If either such provision is held invalid, both provisions are |
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invalid.
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================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================= |
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Remove line(s) 104, and insert: |
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severability; providing an exception; providing an effective |
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date. |