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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 64 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 /> (g) As an agent of the governmental contractor for 1576 <br />purposes of s. 768.28(9), while acting within the scope of 1577 <br />duties under the contract, a health care provider licensed under 1578 <br />chapter 466 may allow a patient, or a parent or guardian of the 1579 <br />patient, to voluntarily contribute a monetary amount to cover 1580 <br />costs of dental laboratory work related to the services provided 1581 <br />to the patient. This contribution may not exceed the actual cost 1582 <br />of the dental laboratory charges. 1583 <br /> 1584 <br />A governmental contractor that is also a health care provider is 1585 <br />not required to enter into a contract under this section with 1586 <br />respect to the health care services delivered by its employees. 1587 <br /> Section 45. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 1588 <br />made by this act to section 768.28, Florida Statutes, in a 1589 <br />reference thereto, subsection (2) of section 766.112, Florida 1590 <br />Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1591 <br /> 766.112 Comparative fault.— 1592 <br /> (2) In an action for damages for personal injury or 1593 <br />wrongful death arising out of medical negligence, whether in 1594 <br />contract or tort, when an apportionment of damages pursuant to 1595 <br />s. 768.81 is attributed to a board of trustees of a state 1596 <br />university, the court shall enter judgment against the board of 1597 <br />trustees on the basis of the board's percentage of fault and not 1598 <br />on the basis of the doctrine of joint and several liability. The 1599 <br />sole remedy available to a claimant to collect a judgment or 1600