Bill Text: FL S7014 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: COVID-19-related Claims Against Health Care Providers

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2022-02-25 - Chapter No. 2022-10 [S7014 Detail]

Download: Florida-2022-S7014-Prefiled.html

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       Florida Senate - 2022                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7014
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Judiciary
       
       
       
       
       
       590-01059A-22                                         20227014pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to COVID-19-related claims against
    3         health care providers; amending s. 768.381, F.S.;
    4         extending the duration of liability protections from
    5         COVID-19-related claims against health care providers;
    6         providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 768.381, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         768.381 COVID-19-related claims against health care
   13  providers.—
   14         (6) APPLICATION PERIOD.—This section applies to claims that
   15  have accrued before the effective date of this act and before
   16  June 1, 2023 within 1 year after the effective date of this act.
   17         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.