HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1713
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Bucher offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Remove line(s) 1149, and insert:
16	of the number of claimants or defendants involved in the action;
17	however, this section shall not limit noneconomic damages
18	recoverable from any person who has been found to have committed
19	two or more incidents of medical malpractice. For purposes of
20	this section:
21	(1) "Medical malpractice" means both the failure to
22	practice medicine in this state with the level of care, skill,
23	and treatment recognized in general law related to health care
24	providers' licensure, and any similar wrongful act, neglect, or
25	default in any other state or country which, if committed in
26	this state, would be considered medical malpractice.
27	(2) "Found to have committed" means that the malpractice
28	has been found in a final judgment of a court of law, final
29	administrative agency decision, or decision of binding
30	arbitration or similar process which is entered or enforceable
31	in a court of law.
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34	Remove line(s) 78, and insert:
35	medical negligence; specifying nonapplication of noneconomic
36	damages limits to certain persons under certain circumstances;
37	providing definitions; amending s. 766.202, F.S.; providing