2024 Regular Session • Florida Legislature
S0248: Medical Negligence
Legislative Summary
Revising the limits on noneconomic damages for personal injury or wrongful death arising from medical negligence; deleting a provision that prohibits adult children and parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits; requiring that medical malpractice insurer rate filings reflect certain changes in costs and expenses; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to consider such changes in its review of rate filings, etc.
Bill History
10/20/2023
Filed
Senate
11/7/2023
Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
Senate
1/9/2024
Introduced
Senate
1/17/2024
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/22/24, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
Senate
1/22/2024
CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 2
Senate
1/23/2024
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
1/24/2024
Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Senate
1/24/2024
Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy; Rules
Senate
1/24/2024
Now in Fiscal Policy
Senate
1/24/2024
CS by Judiciary read 1st time
Senate
3/8/2024
Died in Fiscal Policy
Senate
Amendments
Senate Committee Amendment #651228 to Amendment (932842)
Unfavorable
1/22/2024Not Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment #932842
1/19/2024Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Senate Judiciary
1/22/2024
8
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Failed(3/8/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Republican: 4
Democrat: 2
Primary Sponsor
Clay Yarborough
Republican