SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 662628
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11  Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
14         On page 126, lines 15-21, delete those lines
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16  and insert:  provided for therein; during a period of 210 days
17  thereafter; or during a 90-day period after the filing of an
18  amended medical malpractice complaint alleging new facts
19  previously unknown to the insurer. This paragraph does not
20  apply when, based upon information known earlier to the
21  insurance company or its representatives, the insurance
22  company could and should have settled the claim within policy
23  limits if it had been acting fairly and honestly toward the
24  insured and with due regard for the insured's interests after
25  the 90-day presuit period.
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