Florida Senate - 2019                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1526
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Floor: NC/2R          .                                
             04/26/2019 11:09 AM       .                                
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       Senator Harrell moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 235 - 248
    4  and insert:
    5  provider, as defined in s. 456.47, must be voluntary between the
    6  insurer and the provider and must establish mutually acceptable
    7  payment rates or payment methodologies for services provided
    8  through telehealth. Any contract provision that distinguishes
    9  between payment rates or payment methodologies for services
   10  provided through telehealth and the same services provided
   11  without the use of telehealth must be initialed by the
   12  telehealth provider.
   13         Section 3. Effective January 1, 2020, subsection (45) is
   14  added to section 641.31, Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         641.31 Health maintenance contracts.—
   16         (45) A contract between a health maintenance organization
   17  issuing major medical individual or group coverage and a
   18  telehealth provider, as defined in s. 456.47, must be voluntary
   19  between the health maintenance organization and the provider
   20  must establish mutually acceptable payment rates or payment
   21  methodologies for services provided through telehealth. Any
   22  contract provision that distinguishes between payment rates or
   23  payment methodologies for services provided through telehealth
   24  and the same services provided without the use of telehealth
   25  must be initialed by the telehealth provider.
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   27  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete lines 23 - 32
   30  and insert:
   31         adopt rules; creating s. 627.42396, F.S.; providing
   32         requirements for a contract between a certain health
   33         insurer and a telehealth provider; amending s. 641.31,
   34         F.S.; providing requirements for a contract between a
   35         certain health maintenance organization and a
   36         telehealth provider; requiring the department to