Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2-A
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  12/12/2022           .                                
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       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.
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   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,
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   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