House Bill 1531

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1531

        By Representative Merchant






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health insurance; creating

  3         ss. 627.6410 and 627.65747, F.S., and amending

  4         s. 641.31, F.S.; prohibiting certain health

  5         insurance policies and health maintenance

  6         contracts from applying certain payments to

  7         certain limits specified in the policies or

  8         contracts; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 627.6410, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         627.6410  Coverage for early intervention services;

15  limitation.--Any accident or health insurance policy that

16  covers a child in this state from birth to 3 years of age,

17  which provides for payments for early intervention services

18  for such child and that is issued, amended, delivered, or

19  renewed in this state after October 1, 2000, shall not provide

20  for application of such payments against any maximum annual or

21  lifetime limits specified in the policy.

22         Section 2.  Section 627.65747, Florida Statutes, is

23  created to read:

24         627.65747  Coverage for early intervention services;

25  limitation.--Any group, blanket, or franchise accident or

26  health insurance policy that covers a child in this state from

27  birth to 3 years of age, which provides for payments for early

28  intervention services for such child and that is issued,

29  amended, delivered, or renewed in this state after October 1,

30  2000, shall not provide for application of such payments

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  1  against any maximum annual or lifetime limits specified in the

  2  policy.

  3         Section 3.  Subsection (39) is added to section 641.31,

  4  Florida Statutes, to read:

  5         641.31  Health maintenance contracts.--

  6         (39)  Any health maintenance contract that covers a

  7  child in this state from birth to 3 years of age, which

  8  provides for payments for early intervention services for such

  9  child and that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in

10  this state after October 1, 2000, shall not provide for

11  application of such payments against any maximum annual or

12  lifetime limits specified in the contract.

13         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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17                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Prohibits health insurance policies, group, blanket, or
19    franchise health insurance policies, and health
      maintenance contracts, that provide for payments for
20    early intervention services for children from birth to 3
      years of age, from applying such payments against any
21    maximum annual or lifetime limits specified in the
      policies or contracts.
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