HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 63B
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Ambler offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between line(s) 1824 and 1825, insert:
16	Section 37. Section 766.1068, Florida Statutes, is created
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18	766.1068 Proposal for settlement; timing.--Notwithstanding
19	any other provision of law, any party may serve another party in
20	a medical malpractice suit with an offer for judgment or offer
21	for settlement at any time after the filing of the complaint. If
22	a claimant rejects the proposal for settlement and either loses
23	at trial or prevails at trial while receiving an award for
24	damages that is less than the most recent proposal for
25	settlement, the court may require the claimant to pay the
26	attorney's fees and costs of the defendant from whom the
27	claimant will receive the award. If a defendant rejects the
28	proposal for settlement and loses at trial while receiving a
29	judgment that is greater than the most resent proposal for
30	settlement, the court may require the defendant to pay the
31	attorney's fees and costs of the claimant to whom the judgment
32	is awarded.
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36	Remove line(s) 149, and insert:
37	medical negligence causes of action; creating s. 766.1068, F.S.;
38	providing that offers of settlement may be made at any time
39	following the filing of suit; creating s. 766.118,
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