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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    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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