Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 594
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/13/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (DiCeglie) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Between lines 163 and 164
    4  insert:
    5         (ll)1. In addition to any other method of alternative
    6  dispute resolution authorized by state law, the corporation may
    7  adopt policy forms that provide for the resolution of disputes
    8  regarding its claim determinations, including disputes regarding
    9  coverage for, or the scope and value of, a claim, in a
   10  proceeding before the Division of Administrative Hearings. Any
   11  such policies are not subject to s. 627.70154.
   12         2. The corporation may contract with the Division of
   13  Administrative Hearings to conduct proceedings to resolve
   14  disputes regarding its claim determinations as may be provided
   15  for in the applicable policies of insurance.
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   18  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   19         Delete line 43
   20  and insert:
   21  section 627.351, Florida Statutes, are amended, and paragraph
   22  (ll) is added to that subsection, to read:
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   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Between lines 12 and 13
   27  insert:
   28         authorizing the corporation to adopt policy forms that
   29         provide for the resolution of certain disputes in
   30         proceedings before the Division of Administrative
   31         Hearings; providing that such policies are not subject
   32         to mandatory binding arbitration provisions;
   33         authorizing the corporation to contract with the
   34         division to conduct proceedings;