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| 3 | 3 | HB 6011 2022 | |
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| 7 | 7 | CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. | |
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| 10 | 10 | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S | |
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| 14 | 14 | A bill to be entitled 1 | |
| 15 | 15 | An act relating to recovery of damages in claims for 2 | |
| 16 | 16 | medical negligence; amending s. 768.21, F.S.; 3 | |
| 17 | 17 | authorizing parents of an adult child to recover 4 | |
| 18 | 18 | damages for mental pain and suffering in a medical 5 | |
| 19 | 19 | negligence suit; providing an effective date. 6 | |
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| 21 | 21 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 | |
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| 23 | 23 | Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 768.21, Florida 10 | |
| 24 | 24 | Statutes, is amended to read: 11 | |
| 25 | 25 | 768.21 Damages.—All potential beneficiaries of a recovery 12 | |
| 26 | 26 | for wrongful death, including the decedent's estate, shall be 13 | |
| 27 | 27 | identified in the complaint, and their relationships to the 14 | |
| 28 | 28 | decedent shall be alleged. Damages may be awarded as follows: 15 | |
| 29 | 29 | (8) The damages specified in s ubsection (3) shall not be 16 | |
| 30 | 30 | recoverable by adult children and the damages specified in 17 | |
| 31 | 31 | subsection (4) shall not be recoverable by parents of an adult 18 | |
| 32 | 32 | child with respect to claims for medical negligence as defined 19 | |
| 33 | 33 | by s. 766.106(1). 20 | |
| 34 | 34 | Section 2. This act sh all take effect July 1, 2022. 21 |