Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1002
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/11/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (DiCeglie) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 136 and 137
    4  insert:
    5         Section 4. Section 627.7291, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         627.7291 Motor vehicle windshield claims and practices;
    8  steering prohibited; exceptions.—
    9         (1) A person, including an insurer, agent, adjuster, or any
   10  person or entity acting on the insurer’s, agent’s, or adjuster’s
   11  behalf, may not require a claimant to use a particular company
   12  or location for the provision of motor vehicle windshield glass
   13  replacement, repair, or calibration services or windshield glass
   14  products which are subject to a claim for replacement, repair,
   15  or calibration, in whole or in part, under the terms of a
   16  personal lines automobile insurance policy.
   17         (2) An insurer, agent, adjuster, or any person or entity
   18  acting on the insurer’s, agent’s, or adjuster’s behalf may
   19  provide an explanation of motor vehicle comprehensive coverage
   20  benefits and any applicable limit of liability to a claimant.
   21         (3) An insurer, or any person or entity acting on the
   22  insurer’s behalf, must provide an actuarially sound discount to
   23  the insured if they offer, and an insured accepts, a policy that
   24  contains a repair arrangement for the provision of windshield
   25  glass replacement, repair, or calibration services or windshield
   26  glass products.
   27         (4) This section may not be construed to create a private
   28  cause of action.
   29         (5) This section applies to motor vehicle windshield glass
   30  claims under the comprehensive or combined additional coverage
   31  provisions of a personal lines motor vehicle insurance policy.
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   33  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete line 19
   36  and insert:
   37         term “assignment agreement”; creating s. 627.7291,
   38         F.S.; prohibiting certain persons from requiring
   39         claimants to use certain companies or locations for
   40         specified services and products; authorizing certain
   41         persons to provide explanations of certain motor
   42         vehicle comprehensive coverage benefits; requiring
   43         certain persons to provide specified discounts to
   44         insureds under certain circumstances; providing
   45         construction; providing applicability; providing an
   46         effective