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| Bill No. HB 27A |
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CHAMBER ACTION |
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Representative Negron offered the following: |
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Amendment (with title amendment) |
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Remove line(s) 1723-1746, and insert: |
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(7)(a)The provisions of this section shall also apply as |
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to any insurer or adjusting firm or its agents or |
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representatives who, with intent, injure, defraud, or deceive |
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any claimant with regard to any claim. The claimant shall have |
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the right to recover the damages provided in this section. |
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(b) An insurer, or any person acting at the direction of |
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or on behalf of an insurer, may not change an opinion in a |
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mental or physical report prepared under s. 627.736(7) or direct |
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the physician preparing the report to change such opinion; |
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however, this provision does not preclude the insurer from |
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calling to the attention of the physician errors of fact in the |
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report based upon information in the claim file. |
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================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================= |
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Remove line(s) 53-57, and insert: |
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817.234, F.S.; |