The Florida Senate

408.7071  Standardized claim form.--

(1)  The Agency for Health Care Administration shall develop a standardized claims form to be used by insurers and health care providers licensed in this state.

(2)  In order to develop the standardized claim form, the agency shall appoint a 15-person committee. The committee shall consist of:

(a)  The director of the Agency for Health Care Administration, or the director's designee.

(b)  The Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee.

(c)  Two representatives of hospitals.

(d)  Five representatives of physicians: two licensed under chapter 458, one licensed under chapter 459, one licensed under chapter 460, and one licensed under chapter 461.

(e)  Two representatives of health insurers.

(f)  Two representatives of health maintenance organizations.

(g)  Two representatives of consumers.

(3)  The committee shall issue a draft of the standardized claims form to the Agency for Health Care Administration by October 1, 1993. The agency may return the form to the committee for modification on a schedule that allows the agency to include the standardized claim form in the final Florida Health Plan, which must be submitted to the Legislature by December 1, 1993.

History.--s. 81, ch. 93-129; s. 41, ch. 97-103.