HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 63B
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Simmons offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Remove lines 1834 and 1835, and insert:
16	other noneconomic damages resulting from such occurrence shall
17	not exceed $250,000, regardless of the number of defendants
18	involved in the action, unless the jury determines that there is
19	substantial or permanent loss or impairment of a bodily
20	function, substantial disfigurement, or other special
21	circumstances in the case that warrant a finding that imposition
22	of such a limitation would deprive the claimant of just
23	compensation for the injuries sustained. The amount of such
24	limitation shall increase annually on January 1 of each year
25	based upon the increase, if any, of the consumer price index.
26	The "consumer price index" for purposes of this section means
27	the most comprehensive indexes of consumer prices for this state
28	from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States
29	Department of Labor.
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32	Remove line 152, and insert:
33	negligence; providing an exception; amending s. 766.202,
34	F.S.; redefining the