| 1 | Representative Ambler offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 332 and 333, insert: |
| 5 | Section 9. Section 766.1186, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 766.1186 Nonapplicability of limits on noneconomic |
| 8 | damages.--Beginning July 1, 2004, the limits established in s. |
| 9 | 766.118 shall not apply to health care professionals licensed |
| 10 | under chapter 458 who do not meet the financial responsibility |
| 11 | requirements provided in s. 458.320(1) and health care |
| 12 | professionals licensed under chapter 459 who do not meet the |
| 13 | financial responsibility requirements provided in s. 459.0085(1) |
| 14 | and damages recoverable under s. 766.118 shall not be limited. |
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| 17 | Remove line 32, and insert: |
| 18 | circumstances; creating 766.1186, F.S.; providing that limits on |
| 19 | noneconomic damages shall not apply to physicians or osteopathic |
| 20 | physicians who do not establish and maintain an escrow account, |
| 21 | obtain and maintain professional liability coverage, or |
| 22 | establish and maintain a letter of credit; providing that |
| 23 | recovery of noneconomic damages is not limited; amending s. |
| 24 | 766.202, F.S.; revising the |