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