Senate Bill 1882

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1882

    By Senator Dawson





    30-917-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to natural hormone replacement

  3         therapy; providing intent; requiring managed

  4         care providers and medical insurers to

  5         reimburse patients who choose such therapy;

  6         providing guidelines; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Natural hormone replacement therapy; right

12  to reimbursement.--

13         (1)  The purpose of this act is to ensure that women

14  are given the option to choose natural hormone replacement

15  therapy, which is a drug prescribed by a physician and

16  compounded (composed or combined) by a compounding pharmacist,

17  and to have this option reimbursed by insurance companies.

18         (2)  A woman who contracts with any managed care

19  provider or medical insurer in this state may choose to take

20  natural hormone replacement therapy if such therapy is

21  prescribed by a physician and compounded by a pharmacist. If

22  the patient chooses natural hormone replacement therapy, the

23  managed care provider or insurance company must reimburse her

24  for the costs and expenses associated with taking the natural

25  hormone replacement therapy, in the same proportion that

26  reimbursement is provided under the managed care plan or

27  insurance contract for any alternative treatment that

28  addresses substantially the same medical condition or

29  conditions.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1882
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  3    Requires managed care providers and medical insurers to
      reimburse women patients who choose to take natural
  4    hormone replacement therapy that is prescribed by a
      physician and compounded by a pharmacist.
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