HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 63B
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2	Senate House
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12	Representative Gelber offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
15	Between line(s) 1289 and 1290, insert:
16	Section 29. Effective 2 years after the effective date of
17	this act, each insurer issuing policies of medical malpractice
18	insurance in this state shall reduce the rates for policies
19	issued to hospitals by at least 25 percent of the rate in effect
20	for hospitals on the effective date of this act and for policies
21	issued to persons licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459,
22	Florida Statutes, by at least 30 percent of the rate in effect
23	for such persons on the effective date of this act, unless such
24	reduction would result in rates that are inadequate for the
25	insurer to cover projected claims. Further, prior to the
26	reduction required by this section, the rates of all such
27	policies may not be increased to any rate higher than the rate
28	in effect on March 17, 2003.
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32	Remove line(s) 98, and insert:
33	realized; requiring return of excessive amounts; requiring
34	insurers to reduce medical malpractice insurance rates for
35	hospitals and licensed physicians and osteopathic physicians by
36	certain minimum percentages at a time certain; prohibiting
37	certain rate increases prior to such reduction; amending