SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 339

    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 8, between lines 18 and 19,

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17         Section 10.  (1)  A health insurance company that

18  offers only dental insurance shall at all times maintain a

19  surplus as to policyholders in the amount required by s.

20  624.408, Florida Statutes, except that the following amounts

21  shall be substituted for the amount set forth in s.

22  624.408(1)(a)1., Florida Statutes:

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

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

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

26         (2)  This section applies only to a company that has

27  held a certificate of authority under chapter 636, Florida

28  Statutes, for 5 years prior to the effective date of this act

29  and which applies for a certificate of authority pursuant to

30  chapter 624, Florida Statutes, prior to December 31, 2000.

31         (3)  This section is repealed December 31, 2003.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 339

    Amendment No. ___





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  6  And the title is amended as follows:

  7         On page 1, line 16, 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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