Senate Bill 0412c1
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Florida Senate - 2000 CS for SB 412
By the Committee on Banking and Insurance; and Senator
Campbell
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to osteoporosis; amending ss.
3 627.6409, 627.6691, 641.31, F.S.; expanding the
4 required health insurance coverage for
5 osteoporosis-related matters; providing an
6 effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Section 627.6409, Florida Statutes, is
11 amended to read:
12 627.6409 Coverage for osteoporosis screening,
13 diagnosis, treatment, and management.--Any health insurance
14 policy that covers a resident of this state and that is
15 issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this state after
16 October 1, 1996, must provide coverage for the medically
17 necessary testing, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis
18 for high-risk individuals, including, but not limited to,
19 estrogen-deficient individuals who are at clinical risk for
20 osteoporosis, individuals who have vertebral abnormalities,
21 individuals who are receiving long-term glucocorticoid
22 (steroid) therapy, individuals who have primary
23 hyperparathyroidism, and individuals who have a family history
24 of osteoporosis. This section does not apply to
25 specified-accident, specified-disease, hospital-indemnity,
26 Medicare supplement, or long-term-care health insurance
27 policies or to the state employee health insurance program.
28 Section 2. Section 627.6691, Florida Statutes, is
29 amended to read:
30 627.6691 Coverage for osteoporosis screening,
31 diagnosis, treatment, and management.--Any group, blanket, or
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1 franchise health insurance policy that covers a resident of
2 this state and that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed
3 in this state after October 1, 1996, must provide coverage for
4 the medically necessary testing, diagnosis, and treatment of
5 osteoporosis for high-risk individuals, including, but not
6 limited to, estrogen-deficient individuals who are at clinical
7 risk for osteoporosis, individuals who have vertebral
8 abnormalities, individuals who are receiving long-term
9 glucocorticoid (steroid) therapy, individuals who have primary
10 hyperparathyroidism, and individuals who have a family history
11 of osteoporosis. This section does not apply to
12 specified-accident, specified-disease, hospital-indemnity,
13 Medicare supplement, or long-term-care health insurance
14 policies or to the state employee health insurance program.
15 Section 3. Subsection (27) of section 641.31, Florida
16 Statutes, is amended to read:
17 641.31 Health maintenance contracts.--
18 (27) Any health maintenance contract that covers a
19 resident of this state and that is issued, amended, delivered,
20 or renewed in this state after October 1, 1996, must provide
21 coverage for the medically necessary testing, diagnosis, and
22 treatment of osteoporosis for high-risk individuals,
23 including, but not limited to, estrogen-deficient individuals
24 who are at clinical risk for osteoporosis, individuals who
25 have vertebral abnormalities, individuals who are receiving
26 long-term glucocorticoid (steroid) therapy, individuals who
27 have primary hyperparathyroidism, and individuals who have a
28 family history of osteoporosis. This subsection does shall not
29 apply to the state employee health insurance program.
30 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
2 SB 412
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4 The committee substitute requires coverage for medically
necessary testing of osteoporosis for high-risk individuals.
5 It deletes the requirement in the original bill that coverage
include bone-mass density testing for osteoporosis in
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