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                              | HOUSE AMENDMENT |  
                              | Bill No. HB 1713 |  |  | 
                
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                | 12 | Representative Ambler offered the following: | 
              
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                | 14 | Amendment | 
              
                | 15 | Remove line(s) 1198-1207, and insert: | 
              
                | 16 | damages within 180 90days after service of the claimant's | 
              
                | 17 | notice of intent to initiate litigation upon the defendant. The | 
              
                | 18 | evidentiary standards for voluntary binding arbitration of | 
              
                | 19 | medical negligence claims shall be as provided in ss. | 
              
                | 20 | 120.569(2)(g) and 120.57(1)(c). | 
              
                | 21 | (3)  Upon receipt of a party's request for such | 
              
                | 22 | arbitration, the opposing party may accept the offer of | 
              
                | 23 | voluntary binding arbitration within 30 days. However, in no | 
              
                | 24 | event shall the defendant be required to respond to the request | 
              
                | 25 | for arbitration sooner than 180 90days after service of the |