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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2554

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Myers moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, between lines 22 and 23,

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17         Section 5.  Subsection (9) is added to section 641.315,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         641.315  Provider contracts.--

20         (9)  No health maintenance organization's contract

21  shall prevent a subscriber from continuing to receive services

22  from the subscriber's contracted primary care physician or

23  contracted admitting physician during an inpatient stay.

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29  And the title is amended as follows:

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 2         amending s. 641.315, F.S.; prohibiting a health

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