HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-32                                        Bill No. HB 1767

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Lawson offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 23, between lines 13 and 14,

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17         Section 18.  Subsection (1) of section 627.672, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         627.672  Definitions.--For the purposes of ss.

20  627.671-627.675:

21         (1)  A "Medicare supplement policy" is a health

22  insurance policy or other health benefit plan offered by a

23  private entity to individuals who are entitled to have

24  payments for health care costs made under Medicare, Title

25  XVIII of the Social Security Act ("Medicare"), as presently

26  constituted and as may later be amended, which provides

27  reimbursement for expenses incurred for services and items for

28  which payment may be made under Medicare but which expenses

29  are not reimbursable by reason of the applicability of

30  deductibles, coinsurance amounts, or other limitations imposed

31  by Medicare. The term does not include any such policy or plan

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-32                                        Bill No. HB 1767

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  of one or more employers or labor organizations, or of the

 2  trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or

 3  labor organizations, or a combination thereof, for employees

 4  or former employees, or a combination thereof, or for members

 5  or former members, or a combination thereof, of the labor

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11         On page 2, line 14, after the semicolon,

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14         amending s. 627.672, F.S.; redefining the term

15         "Medicare supplement policy" for purposes of

16         the Florida Medicare Supplement Reform Act;

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