Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 734
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  03/26/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Martin) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (142450) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 10 - 19
    5  and insert:
    6  health care provider or health care facility, any complaint,
    7  investigative report, settlement, final order, or finding
    8  arising from a disciplinary proceeding pursuant to s. 456.073,
    9  or any prior adverse medical incident report under s. 25, Art. X
   10  of the State Constitution, related to the health care provider
   11  or health care facility is discoverable and admissible as
   12  evidence in the action.
   13         Section 2. Section 766.114, Florida Statutes, is created to
   14  read:
   15         766.114 Joinder of liability insurers in medical negligence
   16  actions.—Notwithstanding s. 627.4136, in any action brought
   17  under this chapter alleging medical negligence, a liability
   18  insurer providing coverage to a health care provider may be
   19  joined as a party defendant, and the existence of such insurance
   20  coverage may be disclosed to the jury.
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   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete lines 25 - 31
   25  and insert:
   26         wrongful death and medical negligence; amending s.
   27         766.102, F.S.; providing for the discoverability and
   28         admissibility of certain information regarding health
   29         care providers or health care facilities in medical
   30         negligence actions; creating s. 766.114, F.S.;
   31         providing that a liability insurer may be joined as a
   32         party defendant with a health care provider in medical
   33         negligence actions; providing that such insurance
   34         coverage may be disclosed to a jury in such actions;
   35         amending