HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 15C
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Gelber offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Remove line(s) 1966-2001, and insert:
16	(9) Effective 2 years after the effective date of this
17	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 by
22	at least 30 percent of the rate in effect for such persons on
23	the effective date of this act, unless such reduction would
24	result in rates that are inadequate for the insurer to cover
25	projected claims. Further, prior to the reduction required by
26	this subsection, the rates of all such policies may not be
27	increased to any rate higher than the rate in effect on March
28	17, 2003.
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32	Remove line(s) 135-140, and insert:
33	requiring insurers to reduce medical malpractice insurance rates
34	for hospitals and licensed physicians and osteopathic physicians
35	by certain minimum percentages at a time certain; prohibiting
36	certain rate increases prior to such reduction; amending s.