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CS/CS/CS/SB 560: Medical Malpractice

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Judiciary ; Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care ; Banking and Insurance ; Saunders ; Peaden

Medical Malpractice; (THIS BILL COMBINES CS/CS/S560,CS/2080) authorizes health care providers to form commercial self-insurance fund; provides that insurer may not require arbitration of rate filing for medical malpractice; authorizes purchase of insurance by certain health care providers; requires Insurance Regulation Office to require health care providers to annually publish certain rate comparison information, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 07/01/2003 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 5/2/2003 House - Died in Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/27/2003 Senate • Prefiled
2/4/2003 Senate • Referred to Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; Judiciary; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar
3/4/2003 Senate • Introduced, referred to Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; Judiciary; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00034
3/17/2003 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care, 03/20/03, 1:00 pm, 412-K
3/20/2003 Senate • CS by Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 00245; CS read first time on 03/24/03 -SJ 00247
3/21/2003 Senate • Now in Judiciary -SJ 00245
4/2/2003 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/07/03, 2:15 pm, 110-S --Temporarily postponed
4/8/2003 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/09/03, 4:00 pm, 110-S -SJ 00351
4/9/2003 Senate • CS combines this bill with CS/SB 2080; Combined CS additional reference(s): Banking and Insurance; CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00425; CS read first time on 04/16/03 -SJ 00431; Remaining combined CS references: Banking and Insurance; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar
4/10/2003 Senate • Withdrawn from- Banking and Insurance; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00381
4/11/2003 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 00425; On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/15/03, 3:15 pm, 412-K
4/15/2003 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -SJ 00505; CS read first time on 04/23/03 -SJ 00516
4/17/2003 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on second reading -SJ 00505
4/23/2003 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00502; Read second time -SJ 00494; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00494; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00494
4/24/2003 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00538; CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 -SJ 00538
4/25/2003 House • In Messages
5/2/2003 House • Died in Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416)