SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 091100
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11 Senators Bennett and Campbell moved the following substitute
12 for amendment (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 210 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 091100
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