HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1D
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 lines 3639 and 3640, insert:
16	(8) APPLICABILITY OF LIMITS ON NONECONOMIC DAMAGES.--
17	Beginning July 1, 2004, the limits established in this section
18	shall not apply to health care professionals licensed under
19	chapter 458 who do not meet the financial responsibility
20	requirements provided in s. 458.320(1) and health care
21	professionals licensed under chapter 459 who do not meet the
22	financial responsibility requirements provided in s.
23	459.0085(1), and damages recoverable under this section shall
24	not be limited.
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27	Remove line 263, and insert:
28	nonapplicability to certain actions governed by sovereign
29	immunity law; providing that limits on noneconomic damages shall
30	not apply to physicians or osteopathic physicians who do not
31	establish and maintain an escrow account, obtain and maintain
32	professional liability coverage, or establish and maintain a
33	letter of credit; specifying that certain recoverable
34	noneconomic damages shall not be limited under certain
35	circumstances; creating s. 766.1185, F.S.; providing