HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 63B
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Ambler offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
15	Remove line(s) 1825-1835, and insert:
16	Section 37. Section 766.118, Florida Statutes, is created
17	to read:
18	766.118 Determination of noneconomic damages.--
19	(1) With respect to a cause of action for personal injury
20	or wrongful death resulting from an occurrence of medical
21	negligence, including actions pursuant to s. 766.209, damages
22	recoverable for noneconomic losses to compensate for pain and
23	suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, mental anguish,
24	disfigurement, loss of capacity for enjoyment of life, and all
25	other noneconomic damages shall not exceed $500,000 per
26	defendant, unless the jury determines that there is substantial
27	or permanent loss or impairment of a bodily function,
28	substantial disfigurement, or other special circumstances in the
29	case that warrant a finding that imposition of such a limitation
30	would deprive the claimant of just compensation for the injuries
31	sustained.
32	(2) The limits established in subsection (1) shall be
33	adjusted annually in accordance with the changes in the Consumer
34	Price Index as issued by the United States Department of Labor
35	Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Agency for Health Care
36	Administration shall establish by rule the new limits on July 1
37	of each year.
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40	Remove line(s) 152, and insert:
41	negligence; providing for annual adjustment of limits based on
42	the Consumer Price Index; amending s. 766.202, F.S.; redefining
43	the