Florida Senate - 2022 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2-A Ì320720iÎ320720 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: UNFAV . 12/12/2022 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Torres) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments) 2 3 Between lines 2593 and 2594 4 insert: 5 (9) An insurer shall notify each first-party claimant or 6 beneficiary that they may obtain copies of claim-related 7 documents upon request. As used in this subsection, the term 8 “claim-related documents” means all documents related to the 9 evaluation of damages, including, but not limited to, repair and 10 replacement estimates and bids; appraisals; scopes of loss; 11 drawings, plans, and reports; third-party findings on the amount 12 of loss, covered damages, and the cost of repairs; and all other 13 valuation, measurement, and loss adjustment calculations of the 14 amount of loss. However, attorney work product and attorney 15 client privileged documents and documents that indicate fraud by 16 the insured or that contain medically privileged information are 17 excluded from the documents an insurer is required to provide to 18 a claimant pursuant to this subsection. Within 15 calendar days 19 after receiving a request from an insured or a beneficiary for 20 claim-related documents, the insurer shall provide the insured 21 or beneficiary with copies of all claim-related documents except 22 those excluded by this section. This subsection may not be 23 construed to affect existing litigation discovery rights. 24 25 ====== D I R E C T O R Y C L A U S E A M E N D M E N T ====== 26 And the directory clause is amended as follows: 27 Delete line 2441 28 and insert: 29 subsection (10), a new subsection (8) and subsection (9) are 30 added to that section, 31 32 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 33 And the title is amended as follows: 34 Delete line 114 35 and insert: 36 under which certain requirements are tolled; requiring 37 insurers to notify first-party claimants and 38 beneficiaries that they may obtain copies of claim 39 related documents upon request; defining the term 40 “claim-related documents”; providing an exception; 41 requiring insurers to provide such documents within a 42 specified timeframe; providing