HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-032                                     Bill No. CS/HB 397

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Hart offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 1.

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)  This section applies only to a company that has

28  held a certificate of authority under chapter 636, Florida

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

30  and which applies for a certificate of authority pursuant to

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

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-032                                     Bill No. CS/HB 397

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1         (3)  This section is repealed December 31, 2003

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 5  And the title is amended as follows:

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 9         requiring health insurance companies offering

10         only dental insurance to maintain certain

11         minimum surplus as to policyholders; providing

12         and exception; providing application; providing

13         a requirement; providing for future repeal;

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