HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 25A
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
3	.
4	.
5	.
6
7
8
9
10
11
12	Representative Goodlette offered the following:
13
14	Amendment (with directory amendment)
15	Remove line(s) 336-370, and insert:
16	(38) "Catastrophic injury" means a permanent impairment
17	constituted by:
18	(a) Spinal cord injury involving severe paralysis of an
19	arm, a leg, or the trunk;
20	(b) Amputation of an arm, a hand, a foot, or a leg
21	involving the effective loss of use of that appendage;
22	(c) Severe brain or closed-head injury as evidenced by:
23	1. Severe sensory or motor disturbances;
24	2. Severe communication disturbances;
25	3. Severe complex integrated disturbances of cerebral
26	function;
27	4. Severe episodic neurological disorders; or
28	5. Other severe brain and closed-head injury conditions at
29	least as severe in nature as any condition provided in
30	subparagraphs 1.-4.;
31	(d) Second-degree or third-degree burns of 25 percent or
32	more of the total body surface or third-degree burns of 5
33	percent or more to the face and hands;
34	(e) Total or industrial blindness; or
35	(f) Any other injury that would otherwise qualify under
36	this chapter of a nature and severity that would qualify an
37	employee to receive disability income benefits under Title II or
38	supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI of the
39	federal Social Security Act as the Social Security Act existed
40	on July 1, 1992, without regard to any time limitations provided
41	under that act.
42	(38)(39)"Insurer" means a group self-insurers' fund
43	authorized by s. 624.4621, an individual self-insurer authorized
44	by s. 440.38, a commercial self-insurance fund authorized by s.
45	624.462, an assessable mutual insurer authorized by s. 628.6011,
46	and an insurer licensed to write workers' compensation and
47	employer's liability insurance in this state. The term
48	"carrier," as used in this chapter, means an insurer as defined
49	in this subsection.
50	(39)(40)"Statement," for the purposes of ss. 440.105 and
51	440.106, shall include the exact fraud statement language in s.
52	440.105(7). This requirementincludes, but is not limited to,
53	any notice, representation, statement, proof of injury, bill for
54	services, diagnosis, prescription, hospital or doctor record, X
55	ray, test result, or other evidence of loss, injury, or expense.
56	(40)(41)"Specificity" means information on the petition
57	for
58
59	============= D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T =============
60	Remove line(s) 130, and insert:
61	subsections (1), (15), (29), (38), (39), (40), (41), and (42) of
62