Senate Bill 1884
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Florida Senate - 2000 SB 1884
By Senator Dawson
30-1641-00 See HB
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 that provides for payments for early intervention services for
18 such child, and that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed
19 in this state after October 1, 2000, shall not provide for
20 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, that 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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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Florida Senate - 2000 SB 1884
30-1641-00 See HB
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, that
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 LEGISLATIVE 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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