FL S1678

Increases statutory limits on tort liability for the state and its agencies from $200,000 per person and $300,000 per incident to $500,000 per person and $1 million per incident.

Specifies that liability limits in effect on the date a final judgment is entered apply to that claim, rather than limits in effect when the claim arose.

Requires annual adjustment of liability limits beginning July 1, 2022, based on changes in the Consumer Price Index for the Southeast as calculated by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Removes sovereign immunity limitations for hospitals licensed under chapter 395 that are owned or operated by the state, counties, municipalities, public health trusts, special taxing districts, governmental entities with health care responsibilities, or not-for-profit entities operating as agents of the state or political subdivisions.

Repeals provisions relating to nonprofit independent colleges or universities with accredited medical schools acting as agents of teaching hospitals, eliminating their eligibility for sovereign immunity protections under this section.