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House Amendment 8197

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend House File 2440 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 26 and
  1  3 inserting the following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  519A.14  RATES –
  1  5 ROLLBACK.
  1  6    For any coverage for a policy for medical
  1  7 malpractice insurance underwritten by an insurer
  1  8 subject to this chapter which is issued or renewed on
  1  9 or after July 1, 2004, the insurer shall reduce its
  1 10 rates to levels which are ten percent less than the
  1 11 rates for the same coverage which were in effect on
  1 12 July 1, 2003.  Rates shall not be increased except
  1 13 upon an application to the commissioner and a
  1 14 determination by the commissioner that the proposed
  1 15 rates are fair and reasonable.  An insurer shall not
  1 16 apply for a rate increase until after July 1, 2006.
  1 17    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  519A.15  NONECONOMIC
  1 18 DAMAGE LIMIT.
  1 19    The commissioner may adopt by rule a noneconomic
  1 20 damage limit schedule for medical malpractice
  1 21 insurance cases based upon the life expectancy of the
  1 22 plaintiff, if the commissioner determines that such a
  1 23 schedule would reduce medical malpractice insurance
  1 24 rates."
  1 25    #2.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  1 26 
  1 27 
  1 28                               
  1 29 HOGG of Linn
  1 30 HF 2440.305 80
  1 31 rh/cf
     

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