Florida Senate Bill 594 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-04-29 - Read 2nd time -SJ 593
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Requires that a claim in a wrongful death case be presented to the Department of Financial Services (DFS) within 2 years after the claim accrues. Provides that failure of the DFS or the appropriate agency to make final disposition of a claim for wrongful death within 90 days after it is filed is deemed to be a final denial of the claim. Tolls the statute of limitations for the period of time taken by the DFS or other agency to deny a medical malpractice or wrongful death claim. Specifies applicability to workers' compensation claims, etc.

Sovereign Immunity

Senate Community Affairs Committee

Sen. Alan Hays [R]

Senate Judiciary Committee

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-29		Read 2nd time -SJ 593
2011-04-27		Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/11
2011-04-26		CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 477
2011-04-13		Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 471
2011-04-12		Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2011-04-11		CS/CS by- Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 471
2011-04-06		On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 04/11/11, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2011-03-31		Now in Community Affairs -SJ 322
2011-03-30		Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 322
2011-03-25		On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/30/11, 3:45 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
2011-03-14		Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 204
2011-03-11		Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2011-03-09		CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 204
2011-03-08		Introduced -SJ 51
2011-03-04		On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/09/11, 3:15 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
2011-02-09		Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs -SJ 51
2011-01-25		Filed

H0277 () 2011-05-02 - Ordered enrolled -HJ 1964

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
768	28		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/594
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/0594/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/0594/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/0594/BillText/c2/HTML