SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 1837, 2nd Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 231732
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11  Senator Wasserman Schultz moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
14          Delete lines 3504-3536,
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17         (b)  If a compensable permanent impairment, or any
18  portion thereof, is a result of aggravation or acceleration of
19  a preexisting condition, or is the result of merger with a
20  preexisting impairment, an employee eligible to receive
21  impairment benefits under paragraph (3)(a) shall receive such
22  benefits for the total impairment found to result, excluding
23  the degree of impairment existing at the time of the subject
24  accident or injury or which would have existed by the time of
25  the impairment rating without the intervention of the
26  compensable accident or injury. The degree of permanent
27  impairment attributable to the accident or injury shall be
28  compensated in accordance with paragraph (3)(a). As used in
29  this paragraph, "merger" means the combining of a preexisting
30  permanent impairment with a subsequent compensable permanent
31  impairment which, when the effects of both are considered
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 1837, 2nd Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 231732
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 3  when each impairment is considered individually.
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