PCS for HB 1299 (2023): An act relating to payments for workers' compensation expert witnesses

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PCS for HB 1299 (2023), a bill to be entitled an act relating to payments for workers' compensation expert witnesses. The bill amends section 440.13, subsection (10), on witness fees, to increase the maximum amounts of certain witness fees related to workers' compensation cases. The text covers a health care provider who gives a deposition and an expert witness who has not provided direct professional services to a party. Section 2 provides a July 1, 2023 effective date.

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           PCS for HB 1299                                                                                       2023




    1                                         A bill to be entitled
    2              An act relating to payments for workers' compensation
    3              expert witnesses; amending s. 440.13, F.S.; increasing
    4              the maximum amounts of certain witness fees related to
    5              workers' compensation cases; providing an effective
    6              date.
    7
    8      Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10                 Section 1.         Subsection (10) of section 440.13, Florida
11         Statutes, is amended to read:
12                 440.13       Medical services and supplies; penalty for
13         violations; limitations.—
14                 (10)        WITNESS FEES.—Any health care provider who gives a
15         deposition shall be allowed a witness fee. The amount charged by
16         the witness may not exceed $300 $200 per hour. An expert witness
17         who has never provided direct professional services to a party
18         but has merely reviewed medical records and provided an expert
19         opinion or has provided only direct professional services that
20         were unrelated to the workers' compensation case may not be
21         allowed a witness fee in excess of $300 $200 per day.
22                 Section 2.         This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.




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