Bill Amendment: FL S0072 | 2021 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Civil Liability for Damages Relating to COVID-19

Status: 2021-03-29 - Chapter No. 2021-1 [S0072 Detail]

Download: Florida-2021-S0072-Senate_Committee_Amendment_446882.html

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       Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 72
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Polsky) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 131 - 136
    4  and insert:
    5         (b) The plaintiff must present affidavit testimony from a
    6  qualified medical expert which attests to the expert’s belief,
    7  within a reasonable degree of certainty, that the plaintiff was
    8  positive for COVID-19 at the time that the cause of action
    9  accrued and that the plaintiff’s infection by COVID-19 resulted
   10  in injury, damages, or death.