SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 031714
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11  Senator Bennett moved the following substitute for amendment
12  (292830):
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 126, lines 15-21, delete those lines
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17  and insert:  provided for therein; during a period of 120 days
18  thereafter; or during a 90-day period after the filing of an
19  amended medical malpractice complaint alleging new facts
20  previously unknown to the insurer. If a case is set for trial
21  within 1 year after the date of filing the claim, an insurer
22  shall not be held in bad faith if policy limits are tendered
23  60 days or more prior to trial. This paragraph shall not apply
24  when, based upon information known earlier to the insurance
25  company or its representatives, the insurance company could
26  and should have settled the claim within policy limits if it
27  had been acting fairly and honestly toward the insured and
28  with due regard for the insured's interests during the 120-day
29  period after the 90-day presuit period or in circumstances
30  when a case is set for trial within 1 year after the date of
31  filing the claim, 60 days or more prior to the date of trial,
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 031714
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