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| 3 | 3 | | HB 77 2024 |
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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 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to recovery of damages in claims for 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | medical negligence; amending s. 768.21, F.S.; removing 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | a provision that prohibits parents of an adult child 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | from recovering certain damages in medical negligence 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | suits; 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 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) of t hat section is 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | republished, to read: 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 768.21 Damages.—All potential beneficiaries of a recovery 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | for wrongful death, including the decedent's estate, shall be 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | identified in the complaint, and their relationships to the 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | decedent shall be alleged. Damages ma y be awarded as follows: 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (4) Each parent of a deceased minor child may also recover 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | for mental pain and suffering from the date of injury. Each 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | parent of an adult child may also recover for mental pain and 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | suffering if there are no other survivors. 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (8) The damages specified in subsection (3) shall not be 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | recoverable by adult children and the damages specified in 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | subsection (4) shall not be recoverable by parents of an adult 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | child with respect to claims for medical negligence as defined 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | by s. 766.106(1). 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 26 |
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