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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 damages recoverable in wrongful 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | death actions; providing a short title; amending ss. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 400.023, 400.0235, and 429.295, F.S.; conforming 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | 768.21, F.S.; removing a provision that prohibits 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | adult children and parents of adult children from 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | recovering certain damages in medical negligence 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | suits; providing an effective date. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Keith Davis 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Family Protection Act." 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 2. Subsection (9) of section 400.023, Florida 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 400.023 Civil enforcement. — 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (9) An action under this part for a violation of rights or 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | negligence recognized herein is not a claim for medical 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | malpractice, and s. 768.21(8) does not apply to a claim alleging 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | death of the resident . 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Section 3. Section 400.0235, Florida Statutes, is amended 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | to read: 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 400.0235 Certain provisions not applicable to actions 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | under this part.—An action under this part for a violation of 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | rights or negligence recognized under this part is not a claim 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | for medical malpractice , and the provisions of s. 768.21(8) do 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | not apply to a claim alleging death of the resident . 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Section 4. Section 429.295, Florida Statutes, is amended 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | to read: 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 429.295 Certain provisions not applicable to actions under 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | this part.—An action under this part for a violation of rights 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | or negligence recognized herein is not a claim for medical 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | malpractice, and the provisions of s. 768.21(8) do not apply to 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | a claim alleging death of the resident . 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Section 5. Subsection (8) of section 768.21, Florida 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Statutes, is amended, and subsections (3) and (4) of that 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | section are republished, to read: 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | 768.21 Damages.—All potential beneficiaries of a recovery 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | for wrongful death, including the decedent's estate, shall be 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | identified in the complaint, and their relationships to the 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | decedent shall be alleged. Damag es may be awarded as follows: 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) Minor children of the decedent, and all children of 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | the decedent if there is no surviving spouse, may also recover 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | for lost parental companionship, instruction, and guidance and 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | for mental pain and suffering from the dat e of injury. For the 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | purposes of this subsection, if both spouses die within 30 days 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | of one another as a result of the same wrongful act or series of 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | acts arising out of the same incident, each spouse is considered 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | to have been predeceased by the other. 50 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (4) Each parent of a deceased minor child may also recover 51 |
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| 89 | 89 | | for mental pain and suffering from the date of injury. Each 52 |
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| 90 | 90 | | parent of an adult child may also recover for mental pain and 53 |
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| 91 | 91 | | suffering if there are no other survivors. 54 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (8) The damages specified in subsection (3) shall not be 55 |
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| 93 | 93 | | recoverable by adult children and the damages specified in 56 |
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| 94 | 94 | | subsection (4) shall not be recoverable by parents of an adult 57 |
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| 95 | 95 | | child with respect to claims for medical negligence as defined 58 |
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| 96 | 96 | | by s. 766.106(1). 59 |
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| 97 | 97 | | Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 60 |
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