SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 215, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___

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11  Senator King moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 7, between lines 29 and 30,

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17         Section 6.

18         (1)  A health insurance company that offers only dental

19  insurance shall at all times maintain a surplus as to

20  policyholders in the amount required by s. 624.408, Florida

21  Statutes, except that the following amounts shall be

22  substituted for the amount set forth in s. 624.408(1)(a)1.,

23  Florida Statutes:

24         (a)  For calendar years 2000 and 2001, $500,000.

25         (b)  For calendar year 2002, $1 million.

26         (c)  For calendar year 2003, $1.5 million.

27         (2)  The provisions of this section apply only to a

28  company that has held a certificate of authority under chapter

29  636, Florida Statutes, for 4 years prior to the effective date

30  of this act and which applies for a certificate of authority

31  pursuant to chapter 624, Florida Statutes, prior to December

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 215, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___





  1  31, 2000.

  2         (3)  This section is repealed December 31, 2003

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  6  And the title is amended as follows:

  7         On page 2, line 4, after the semicolon,

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10         requiring health insurance companies offering

11         only dental insurance to maintain certain

12         minimum surplus as to policyholders; providing

13         and exception; providing application; providing

14         a requirement; providing for future repeal;

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