Florida Senate - 2013 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1384 Barcode 874972 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: UNFAV . 04/03/2013 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Judiciary (Soto) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 220 and 221 4 insert: 5 Section 3. Paragraph (q) of subsection (1) of section 6 400.141, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 7 400.141 Administration and management of nursing home 8 facilities.— 9 (1) Every licensed facility shall comply with all 10 applicable standards and rules of the agency and shall: 11 (q) Maintain general and professional liability insurance 12 coverage that is in force at all times. Any general and 13 professional liability insurance that provides for the payment 14 of litigation costs or attorney fees for the defense of any 15 claim against a nursing home pursuant to common law, s. 400.023, 16 or s. 400.0233 as a deduction from the liability limits of the 17 policy or that in any way reduces the liability coverage limits 18 available under the policy for a settlement or judgment by any 19 amount attributable to legal costs or attorney fees incurred 20 during the course of the defense of the insured does not fulfill 21 the insurance requirement of this section. In lieu of such 22 coverage, a state-designated teaching nursing home and its 23 affiliated assisted living facilities created under s. 430.80 24 may demonstrate proof of financial responsibility as provided in 25 s. 430.80(3)(g). 26 27 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 28 And the title is amended as follows: 29 Delete line 36 30 and insert: 31 32 damages; amending s. 400.141, F.S.; providing that 33 general and professional liability insurance policies 34 containing certain provisions are insufficient to 35 fulfill certain requirements specified by state law: 36 providing for applicability; providing an effective 37 date.