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CS/CS/CS/SB 560: Medical Malpractice

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Judiciary ; Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care ; Banking and Insurance ; Saunders ; Peaden

Medical Malpractice; (THIS BILL COMBINES CS/CS/S560,CS/2080) authorizes health care providers to form commercial self-insurance fund; provides that insurer may not require arbitration of rate filing for medical malpractice; authorizes purchase of insurance by certain health care providers; requires Insurance Regulation Office to require health care providers to annually publish certain rate comparison information, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 07/01/2003 except as otherwise provided
 Last Action: 5/2/2003 House - Died in Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416)
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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/27/2003 Senate • Prefiled
    2/4/2003 Senate • Referred to Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; Judiciary; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar
    3/4/2003 Senate • Introduced, referred to Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; Judiciary; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00034
    3/17/2003 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care, 03/20/03, 1:00 pm, 412-K
    3/20/2003 Senate • CS by Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 00245; CS read first time on 03/24/03 -SJ 00247
    3/21/2003 Senate • Now in Judiciary -SJ 00245
    4/2/2003 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/07/03, 2:15 pm, 110-S --Temporarily postponed
    4/8/2003 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/09/03, 4:00 pm, 110-S -SJ 00351
    4/9/2003 Senate • CS combines this bill with CS/SB 2080; Combined CS additional reference(s): Banking and Insurance; CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00425; CS read first time on 04/16/03 -SJ 00431; Remaining combined CS references: Banking and Insurance; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar
    4/10/2003 Senate • Withdrawn from- Banking and Insurance; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00381
    4/11/2003 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 00425; On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/15/03, 3:15 pm, 412-K
    4/15/2003 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -SJ 00505; CS read first time on 04/23/03 -SJ 00516
    4/17/2003 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on second reading -SJ 00505
    4/23/2003 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00502; Read second time -SJ 00494; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00494; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00494
    4/24/2003 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00538; CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 -SJ 00538
    4/25/2003 House • In Messages
    5/2/2003 House • Died in Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416)

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  • CS/CS/CS/SB 560, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/23/2003 at 3:42 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (6)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    H 1129 Health Care Insurance Gelber Compare Last Action: 5/2/2003 H Died in Committee on Insurance Regulation (IN)
    Location:
    H 1271 Insurance/Consumer Protection Laws Bucher Compare Last Action: 5/2/2003 H Died in Committee on Insurance
    Location:
    H 1435 Medical Malpractice Insurance Reform Robaina Compare Last Action: 5/2/2003 H Died in Committee on Health Access & Financing (IN), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416)
    Location:
    H 1713 (e1) Medical Incidents Health Care Compare Last Action: 5/2/2003 S Died in Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416)
    Location:
    S 2080 (c1) Health Care Insurance Peaden Compare Last Action: 4/9/2003 S CS combines this bill with CS/SB 560; CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00425; Original bill laid on Table, refer to combined CS/CS/CS/SB 560 (Died in House Messages)
    Location:
    S 2570 Insurance Rate Standards Geller Compare Last Action: 5/2/2003 S Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance
    Location:

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/24/2003 11:49 AM Senate 36 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (14)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    456.049 Health care practitioners; reports on professional liability claims and actions.
    624.462 Commercial self-insurance funds.
    627.062 Rate standards.
    627.0645 Annual filings.
    627.0662
    627.357 Medical malpractice self-insurance.
    627.4147 Medical malpractice insurance contracts.
    627.41491
    627.41492
    627.41493
    627.41495
    627.912 Professional liability claims and actions; reports by insurers.
    627.9121
    766.106 Notice before filing action for medical malpractice; presuit screening period; offers for admission of liability and for arbitration; informal discovery; review.

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  • CS/CS/CS/SB 560, Committee Substitute 3 Posted 4/17/2003 at 4:10 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/15/2003 (pdf)

    Floor Amendments (7)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    484806 - Amendment
    		Webster 4/22/2003
    4:56 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    063946 - Amendment
    		Campbell 4/22/2003
    5:09 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 064436 - Substitute Amendment (063946)
    		Campbell 4/23/2003
    9:22 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 351608 - Substitute Amendment (063946)
    		Campbell 4/23/2003
    11:30 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    100750 - Amendment
    		Webster 4/22/2003
    6:21 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 631658 - Substitute Amendment (100750)
    		Webster 4/23/2003
    8:25 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    674398 - Amendment
    		Saunders 4/23/2003
    10:57 AM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (14)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    456.049 Health care practitioners; reports on professional liability claims and actions.
    624.462 Commercial self-insurance funds.
    627.062 Rate standards.
    627.0645 Annual filings.
    627.0662
    627.357 Medical malpractice self-insurance.
    627.4147 Medical malpractice insurance contracts.
    627.41491
    627.41492
    627.41493
    627.41495
    627.912 Professional liability claims and actions; reports by insurers.
    627.9121
    766.106 Notice before filing action for medical malpractice; presuit screening period; offers for admission of liability and for arbitration; informal discovery; review.

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  • CS/CS/SB 560, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 4/16/2003 at 1:48 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 4/11/2003 (pdf)

    Citations - Statutes (14)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    456.049 Health care practitioners; reports on professional liability claims and actions.
    624.462 Commercial self-insurance funds.
    627.062 Rate standards.
    627.0645 Annual filings.
    627.0662
    627.357 Medical malpractice self-insurance.
    627.4147 Medical malpractice insurance contracts.
    627.41491
    627.41492
    627.41493
    627.41495
    627.912 Professional liability claims and actions; reports by insurers.
    627.9121
    766.106 Notice before filing action for medical malpractice; presuit screening period; offers for admission of liability and for arbitration; informal discovery; review.

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  • CS/SB 560, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/21/2003 at 4:23 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care (Post-Meeting) 3/20/2003 (pdf)

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    4/9/2003 4:00 PM Judiciary 7 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/15/2003 3:15 PM Appropriations 18 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    456.049 Health care practitioners; reports on professional liability claims and actions.
    627.062 Rate standards.
    627.357 Medical malpractice self-insurance.
    627.912 Professional liability claims and actions; reports by insurers.
    627.9121

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  • SB 560, Original Filed Version Posted 2/11/2003 at 5:31 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/20/2003 1:00 PM Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care 11 Yeas - 0 Nays

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