Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 582
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: RS            .                                
                  03/23/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (8) is added to section 381.0011,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         381.0011 Duties and powers of the Department of Health.—It
    8  is the duty of the Department of Health to:
    9         (8) For the boards under its jurisdiction, indemnify,
   10  defend, and hold harmless all current and former board members,
   11  and any companies or businesses in which they have or had an
   12  equity interest or in which they serve or served as employees,
   13  directors, officers, or representatives, from all claims,
   14  actions, demands, suits, and investigations against, and damages
   15  and liabilities incurred by, any board member in connection with
   16  any action or inaction by a current or former board member in
   17  the course and conduct of his or her service. However, this
   18  subsection applies only if, in such action or inaction in the
   19  course and conduct of his or her service, the current or former
   20  board member acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she
   21  reasonably believed to be in conformity with, or not contrary
   22  to, the laws of this state and the United States.
   23         Section 2. Subsection (11) is added to section 455.203,
   24  Florida Statutes, to read:
   25         455.203 Department; powers and duties.—The department, for
   26  the boards under its jurisdiction, shall:
   27         (11) Indemnify, defend, and hold harmless all current and
   28  former board members, and any companies or businesses in which
   29  they have or had an equity interest or in which they serve or
   30  served as employees, directors, officers, or representatives,
   31  from all claims, actions, demands, suits, and investigations
   32  against, and damages and liabilities incurred by, any board
   33  member in connection with any action or inaction by a current or
   34  former board member in the course and conduct of his or her
   35  service. However, this subsection applies only if, in such
   36  action or inaction in the course and conduct of his or her
   37  service, the current or former board member acted in good faith
   38  and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in
   39  conformity with, or not contrary to, the laws of this state and
   40  the United States.
   41         Section 3. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (7) of
   42  section 497.103, Florida Statutes, to read:
   43         497.103 Authority of board and department; Chief Financial
   44  Officer recommendations.—
   45         (7) ACTIONS BY BOARD AND DEPARTMENT.—
   46         (e) The department shall indemnify, defend, and hold
   47  harmless all current and former board members, and any companies
   48  or businesses in which they have or had an equity interest or in
   49  which they serve or served as employees, directors, officers, or
   50  representatives, from all claims, actions, demands, suits, and
   51  investigations against, and damages and liabilities incurred by,
   52  any board member in connection with any action or inaction by a
   53  current or former board member in the course and conduct of his
   54  or her service. However, this paragraph applies only if, in such
   55  action or inaction in the course and conduct of his or her
   56  service, the current or former board member acted in good faith
   57  and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in
   58  conformity with, or not contrary to, the laws of this state and
   59  the United States.
   60         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
   61  
   62  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   63  And the title is amended as follows:
   64         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   65  and insert:
   66                        A bill to be entitled                      
   67         An act relating to regulatory boards; amending ss.
   68         381.0011, 455.203, and 497.103, F.S.; requiring the
   69         Department of Health, the Department of Business and
   70         Professional Regulation, and the Department of
   71         Financial Services, respectively, to indemnify,
   72         defend, and hold harmless from claims, actions,
   73         demands, suits, investigations, damages, and
   74         liabilities all current and former board members and
   75         any companies or businesses with which they have or
   76         had specified affiliations, but only if their service
   77         meets a specified requirement; providing an effective
   78         date.