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<br /> <br />HB 301 2025 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. <br />hb301-00 <br />Page 61 of 80 <br />F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />consistent with federal case law involving a Title VII action. 1501 <br />The right to trial by jury is preserved in any such private 1502 <br />right of action in which the aggrieved person is seeking 1503 <br />compensatory or punitive damages, and any party may demand a 1504 <br />trial by jury. The commission's determination of reasonable 1505 <br />cause is not admissible into evidence in any civil proceeding, 1506 <br />including any hearing or trial, except to establish for the 1507 <br />court the right to maintain the private right of action. A civil 1508 <br />action brought under this section shall be commenced no later 1509 <br />than 1 year after the date of determination of reasonable cause 1510 <br />by the commission. The commencement of such action shall divest 1511 <br />the commission of jurisdiction of the complaint, except that the 1512 <br />commission may intervene in the civil action as a matter of 1513 <br />right. Notwithstanding the above, the state and its agencies and 1514 <br />subdivisions shall not be liable for punitive damages. The total 1515 <br />amount of recovery against the state and its agencies and 1516 <br />subdivisions shall not exceed the limitation as set forth in s. 1517 <br />768.28(5). 1518 <br /> Section 44. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 1519 <br />made by this act to section 768.28, Florida Statutes, in a 1520 <br />reference thereto, subsection (4) of section 766.1115, Florida 1521 <br />Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1522 <br /> 766.1115 Health care providers; creation of agency 1523 <br />relationship with governmental contractors.— 1524 <br /> (4) CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.—A health care provider that 1525