Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2-A
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  12/12/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Powell) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Between lines 2593 and 2594
    4  insert:
    5         (9) Following a declaration of a state of emergency by the
    6  Governor pursuant to s. 252.36 due to a natural disaster,
    7  tropical storm, or hurricane and an insurance claim arising from
    8  such events, if the insurer within a 6-month period assigns a
    9  third or subsequent licensed claims adjuster to be primarily
   10  responsible for the insurance claim, the insurer must render a
   11  claims decision within 30 days.
   12  
   13  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   14  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   15         Delete line 2441
   16  and insert:
   17  subsection (10), a new subsection (8) and subsection (9) are
   18  added to that section,
   19  
   20  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   21  And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete line 114
   23  and insert:
   24         under which certain requirements are tolled; requiring
   25         an insurer, under certain circumstances, to render a
   26         claims decision within a specified timeframe;
   27         providing