HB 1-D: Medical Incidents
GENERAL BILL by Goodlette ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bense ; Farkas ; Green ; Hasner ; Spratt
Medical Incidents; provides that Children's Medical Services Act applies to infants receiving compensation under Fla. Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; provides limitations on noneconomic damages which can be awarded in causes of action involving medical negligence; provides that action for bad faith may not be brought against medical malpractice insurer if such insurer offers to pay policy limits within specified time period, etc. Amends FS. APPROPRIATION: $3,767,780.
Last Action: 8/13/2003 House - Read second time -HJ 00011; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 00013; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00014; Read third time -HJ 00015; Temporarily postponed on third reading; On Unfinished Business -HJ 00016; Died on Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
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| 8/12/2003 | House |
• Filed; On Committee agenda-- Select Committee on Medical Liability Insurance, 08/12/03, 2:45 pm, 404-H --Workshop; Introduced, placed on Calendar -HJ 00002 |
| 8/13/2003 | House |
• Read second time -HJ 00011; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 00013; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00014; Read third time -HJ 00015; Temporarily postponed on third reading; On Unfinished Business -HJ 00016; Died on Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2-D (Ch. 2003-416) |
Related Bills
| Bill Number | Subject | Filed By | Relationship | Last Action and Location |
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| S 2D (e1) | Jones | Similar | Last Action: 8/14/2003 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor; Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2003-416 |
Committee Amendments
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325477 - Amendment |
Wishner |
8/13/2003 8:54 AM |
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015131 - Amendment |
Ambler |
8/13/2003 9:12 AM |
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923335 - Amendment |
Ambler |
8/13/2003 9:12 AM |
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448397 - Amendment |
Ambler |
8/13/2003 9:13 AM |
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289423 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 1:40 PM |
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032315 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 1:44 PM |
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454179 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 1:45 PM |
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056639 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 1:47 PM |
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020279 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 1:49 PM |
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484763 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 1:50 PM |
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372729 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 1:52 PM |
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416199 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 1:53 PM |
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463045 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 1:55 PM |
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462723 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 1:57 PM |
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641933 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 1:58 PM |
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491477 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 2:00 PM |
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355315 - Amendment |
Jennings |
8/13/2003 2:22 PM |
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338963 - Amendment |
Goodlette |
8/13/2003 2:31 PM |
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Bill Analyses
No Bill Analyses AvailableVote History - Committee
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| Vote | Date | Chamber | Result |
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| H 1D Filed | 8/13/2003 4:18 PM | House | 99 Yeas - 0 Nays |
Citations - Statutes (71)
| Citation | Catchline | Location in Bill Location In Bill Help |
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| 163.01 | Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969. | |
| 391.025 | Applicability and scope. | |
| 391.029 | Program eligibility. | |
| 395.0056 | ||
| 395.0191 | Staff membership and clinical privileges. | |
| 395.0197 | Internal risk management program. | |
| 395.0198 | Notification of adverse incident; public records exemption. | |
| 395.1012 | ||
| 395.1051 | ||
| 456.013 | Department; general licensing provisions. | |
| 456.025 | Fees; receipts; disposition. | |
| 456.039 | Designated health care professionals; information required for licensure. | |
| 456.041 | Practitioner profile; creation. | |
| 456.042 | Practitioner profiles; update. | |
| 456.048 | Financial responsibility requirements for certain health care practitioners. | |
| 456.049 | Health care practitioners; reports on professional liability claims and actions. | |
| 456.051 | Reports of professional liability actions; bankruptcies; Department of Health's responsibility to provide. | |
| 456.057 | Ownership and control of patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished. | |
| 456.0575 | ||
| 456.072 | Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement. | |
| 456.073 | Disciplinary proceedings. | |
| 456.077 | Authority to issue citations. | |
| 456.078 | Mediation. | |
| 458.319 | Renewal of license. | |
| 458.320 | Financial responsibility. | |
| 458.331 | Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board and department. | |
| 458.3311 | ||
| 459.0085 | Financial responsibility. | |
| 459.015 | Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board and department. | |
| 459.0151 | ||
| 461.013 | Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board; investigations by department. | |
| 461.0131 | ||
| 466.028 | Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board. | |
| 624.461 | Definition. | |
| 624.462 | Commercial self-insurance funds. | |
| 627.062 | Rate standards. | |
| 627.357 | Medical malpractice self-insurance. | |
| 627.4147 | Medical malpractice insurance contracts. | |
| 627.41495 | ||
| 627.733 | Required security. | |
| 627.912 | Professional liability claims and actions; reports by insurers. | |
| 641.19 | Definitions. | |
| 641.51 | Quality assurance program; second medical opinion requirement. | |
| 766.102 | Medical negligence; standards of recovery. | |
| 766.106 | Notice before filing action for medical malpractice; presuit screening period; offers for admission of liability and for arbitration; informal discovery; review. | |
| 766.108 | Mandatory settlement conference in medical malpractice actions. | |
| 766.112 | Comparative fault. | |
| 766.113 | Settlement agreements; prohibition on restricting disclosure to Division of Medical Quality Assurance. | |
| 766.118 | ||
| 766.1185 | ||
| 766.201 | Legislative findings and intent. | |
| 766.202 | Definitions; ss. 766.201-766.212. | |
| 766.2021 | ||
| 766.203 | Presuit investigation of medical negligence claims and defenses by prospective parties. | |
| 766.206 | Presuit investigation of medical negligence claims and defenses by court. | |
| 766.207 | Voluntary binding arbitration of medical negligence claims. | |
| 766.209 | Effects of failure to offer or accept voluntary binding arbitration. | |
| 766.303 | Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; exclusiveness of remedy. | |
| 766.304 | Administrative law judge to determine claims. | |
| 766.305 | Filing of claims and responses; medical disciplinary review. | |
| 766.309 | Determination of claims; presumption; findings of administrative law judge binding on participants. | |
| 766.31 | Administrative law judge awards for birth-related neurological injuries; notice of award. | |
| 766.314 | Assessments; plan of operation. | |
| 768.0981 | ||
| 768.13 | Good Samaritan Act; immunity from civil liability. | |
| 768.21 | Damages. | |
| 768.28 | Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions; recovery limits; limitation on attorney fees; statute of limitations; exclusions; indemnification; risk management programs. | |
| 768.77 | Itemized verdict. | |
| 1004.08 | ||
| 1005.07 | ||
| 1006.20 | Athletics in public K-12 schools. |
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