SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1982

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Grant moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 6, between lines 20 and 21,

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17         Section 2.  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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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1982

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 1  of one or more labor organizations, or of the trustees of a

 2  fund established by one or more labor organizations, or a

 3  combination thereof, for employees or former employees, or a

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

 5  combination thereof, of the labor organizations.

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 7  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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11  And the title is amended as follows:

12         On page 1, line 2, delete that line

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15         An act relating to insurance; amending s.

16         627.672, F.S.; redefining the term "Medicare

17         supplement policy" for purposes of the Florida

18         Medicare Supplement Reform Act; amending s.

19         627.6699, F.S.; revising a definition; revising

20         and updating provisions requiring small

21         employer carriers to offer and issue certain

22         health benefit plans; providing additional

23         restrictions on premium rates for certain

24         health benefit plans;

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