SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 1837, 2nd Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 540074
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11  Senator Wasserman Schultz moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
14          Delete lines 3258-3273,
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17         (c)3.  All impairment income benefits shall be based on
18  an impairment rating using the impairment schedule referred to
19  in subparagraph 2. Impairment income benefits are paid weekly
20  at the rate of 100 50 percent of the employee's average weekly
21  temporary total disability benefit not to exceed the maximum
22  weekly benefit under s. 440.12. An employee's entitlement to
23  impairment income benefits begins the day after the employee
24  reaches maximum medical improvement or the expiration of
25  temporary benefits, whichever occurs earlier, and continues
26  until the earlier of:
27         1.a.  The expiration of a period computed at the rate
28  of 3 weeks for each percentage point of impairment; or
29         2.b.  The death of the employee.
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