SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 472300
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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 the initial trial date. This
24  paragraph does not apply when, based upon information known
25  earlier to the insurance company or its representatives, the
26  insurance company could and should have settled the claim
27  within policy limits if it had been acting fairly and honestly
28  toward the insured and with due regard for the insured's
29  interests during the 210-day period after the 90-day presuit
30  period or in circumstances when a case is set for trial within
31  1 year after the date of filing the claim, 60 days or more
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 472300
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