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HB 1-D: Medical Incidents

GENERAL BILL by Goodlette ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bense ; Farkas ; Green ; Hasner ; Spratt

Medical Incidents; provides that Children's Medical Services Act applies to infants receiving compensation under Fla. Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; provides limitations on noneconomic damages which can be awarded in causes of action involving medical negligence; provides that action for bad faith may not be brought against medical malpractice insurer if such insurer offers to pay policy limits within specified time period, etc. Amends FS. APPROPRIATION: $3,767,780.

Effective Date: 09/15/2003 except as otherwise provided
 Last Action: 8/13/2003 House - Read second time -HJ 00011; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 00013; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00014; Read third time -HJ 00015; Temporarily postponed on third reading; On Unfinished Business -HJ 00016; Died on Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416)
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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    8/12/2003 House • Filed; On Committee agenda-- Select Committee on Medical Liability Insurance, 08/12/03, 2:45 pm, 404-H --Workshop; Introduced, placed on Calendar -HJ 00002
    8/13/2003 House • Read second time -HJ 00011; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 00013; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00014; Read third time -HJ 00015; Temporarily postponed on third reading; On Unfinished Business -HJ 00016; Died on Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416)

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  • HB 1-D, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/13/2003 at 12:01 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    S 2D (e1) Jones Similar Last Action: 8/14/2003 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor; Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2003-416
    Location:

    Floor Amendments (18)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    325477 - Amendment
    		Wishner 8/13/2003
    8:54 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    015131 - Amendment
    		Ambler 8/13/2003
    9:12 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    923335 - Amendment
    		Ambler 8/13/2003
    9:12 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    448397 - Amendment
    		Ambler 8/13/2003
    9:13 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    289423 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    1:40 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    032315 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    1:44 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    454179 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    1:45 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    056639 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    1:47 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    020279 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    1:49 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    484763 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    1:50 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    372729 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    1:52 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    416199 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    1:53 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    463045 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    1:55 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    462723 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    1:57 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    641933 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    1:58 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    491477 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    2:00 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    355315 - Amendment
    		Jennings 8/13/2003
    2:22 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    338963 - Amendment
    		Goodlette 8/13/2003
    2:31 PM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    8/13/2003 4:18 PM House 99 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (71)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    163.01 Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969.
    391.025 Applicability and scope.
    391.029 Program eligibility.
    395.0056
    395.0191 Staff membership and clinical privileges.
    395.0197 Internal risk management program.
    395.0198 Notification of adverse incident; public records exemption.
    395.1012
    395.1051
    456.013 Department; general licensing provisions.
    456.025 Fees; receipts; disposition.
    456.039 Designated health care professionals; information required for licensure.
    456.041 Practitioner profile; creation.
    456.042 Practitioner profiles; update.
    456.048 Financial responsibility requirements for certain health care practitioners.
    456.049 Health care practitioners; reports on professional liability claims and actions.
    456.051 Reports of professional liability actions; bankruptcies; Department of Health's responsibility to provide.
    456.057 Ownership and control of patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished.
    456.0575
    456.072 Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement.
    456.073 Disciplinary proceedings.
    456.077 Authority to issue citations.
    456.078 Mediation.
    458.319 Renewal of license.
    458.320 Financial responsibility.
    458.331 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board and department.
    458.3311
    459.0085 Financial responsibility.
    459.015 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board and department.
    459.0151
    461.013 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board; investigations by department.
    461.0131
    466.028 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board.
    624.461 Definition.
    624.462 Commercial self-insurance funds.
    627.062 Rate standards.
    627.357 Medical malpractice self-insurance.
    627.4147 Medical malpractice insurance contracts.
    627.41495
    627.733 Required security.
    627.912 Professional liability claims and actions; reports by insurers.
    641.19 Definitions.
    641.51 Quality assurance program; second medical opinion requirement.
    766.102 Medical negligence; standards of recovery.
    766.106 Notice before filing action for medical malpractice; presuit screening period; offers for admission of liability and for arbitration; informal discovery; review.
    766.108 Mandatory settlement conference in medical malpractice actions.
    766.112 Comparative fault.
    766.113 Settlement agreements; prohibition on restricting disclosure to Division of Medical Quality Assurance.
    766.118
    766.1185
    766.201 Legislative findings and intent.
    766.202 Definitions; ss. 766.201-766.212.
    766.2021
    766.203 Presuit investigation of medical negligence claims and defenses by prospective parties.
    766.206 Presuit investigation of medical negligence claims and defenses by court.
    766.207 Voluntary binding arbitration of medical negligence claims.
    766.209 Effects of failure to offer or accept voluntary binding arbitration.
    766.303 Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; exclusiveness of remedy.
    766.304 Administrative law judge to determine claims.
    766.305 Filing of claims and responses; medical disciplinary review.
    766.309 Determination of claims; presumption; findings of administrative law judge binding on participants.
    766.31 Administrative law judge awards for birth-related neurological injuries; notice of award.
    766.314 Assessments; plan of operation.
    768.0981
    768.13 Good Samaritan Act; immunity from civil liability.
    768.21 Damages.
    768.28 Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions; recovery limits; limitation on attorney fees; statute of limitations; exclusions; indemnification; risk management programs.
    768.77 Itemized verdict.
    1004.08
    1005.07
    1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.

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