HB 6011 2022
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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
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to recovery of damages in claims for 2
medical negligence; amending s. 768.21, F.S.; 3
authorizing parents of an adult child to recover 4
damages for mental pain and suffering in a medical 5
negligence suit; providing an effective date. 6
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 768.21, Florida 10
Statutes, is amended to read: 11
768.21 Damages.—All potential beneficiaries of a recovery 12
for wrongful death, including the decedent's estate, shall be 13
identified in the complaint, and their relationships to the 14
decedent shall be alleged. Damages may be awarded as follows: 15
(8) The damages specified in s ubsection (3) shall not be 16
recoverable by adult children and the damages specified in 17
subsection (4) shall not be recoverable by parents of an adult 18
child with respect to claims for medical negligence as defined 19
by s. 766.106(1). 20
Section 2. This act sh all take effect July 1, 2022. 21