Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 730
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/06/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Farmer) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 338 - 358
    4  and insert:
    5  including third-party claims;, all claims against the insurer
    6  for liability for bodily injury or for injury to or destruction
    7  of tangible property which claims are not under policies;, and
    8  all claims of a guaranty association or foreign guaranty
    9  association; all claims related to a patient’s healthcare
   10  coverage by physicians, hospitals, and other providers of a
   11  health insurer or health maintenance organization; all claims of
   12  residents arising out of a continuing care contract under
   13  chapter 651; and all claims against the insurer for punitive
   14  damages, bad faith, wrongful settlement practices, or excess
   15  claims. All claims under life insurance and annuity policies,
   16  whether for death proceeds, annuity proceeds, or investment
   17  values, shall be treated as loss claims. That portion of any
   18  loss, indemnification for which is provided by other benefits or
   19  advantages recovered by the claimant, may not be included in
   20  this class, other than benefits or advantages recovered or
   21  recoverable in discharge of familial obligations of support or
   22  by way of succession at death or as proceeds of life insurance,
   23  or as gratuities. No payment by an employer to her or his
   24  employee may be treated as a gratuity.
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   26  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   27  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 318
   29  and insert:
   30         Section 11. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (j) of subsection