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House Bill 0007c1




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                CS/HB 7

        By the Committee on Health Care Services and
    Representative Morse





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health insurance; amending

  3         s. 627.419, F.S.; including physician

  4         assistants within certain benefits or services

  5         payment provisions; limiting application;

  6         providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (6) of section 627.419, Florida

11  Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to read:

12         627.419  Construction of policies.--

13         (6)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when

14  any health insurance policy, health care services plan, or

15  other contract provides for payment for surgical first

16  assisting benefits or services, the policy, plan, or contract

17  is to be construed as providing for payment to a registered

18  nurse first assistant or employers of a physician assistant or

19  nurse first assistant who performs such services that are

20  within the scope of a physician assistant's or a registered

21  nurse first assistant's professional license. The provisions

22  of this subsection apply only if reimbursement for an

23  assisting physician, licensed under chapter 458 or chapter

24  459, would be covered and a physician assistant or a

25  registered nurse first assistant who performs such services is

26  used as a substitute.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

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