SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 549, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senators Sebesta and Mitchell moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 6, line 5, through page 7, line 12, delete all

15  of said lines,

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17  and insert:  state group insurance program. Upon receipt of

18  all proposals, the department may enter into contract

19  negotiations with insurance providers submitting bids or

20  negotiate a specially designed benefit package. Insurance

21  providers offering or providing supplemental coverage as of

22  May 30, 1991, which qualify for pretax benefit treatment

23  pursuant to s. 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with

24  5,500 or more state employees currently enrolled may be

25  included by the department in the supplemental insurance

26  benefit plan established by the department without

27  participating in a request for proposal, submitting bids,

28  negotiating contracts, or negotiating a specially designed

29  benefit package. These contracts shall provide state employees

30  with the most cost-effective and comprehensive coverage

31  available; however, no state or agency funds shall be

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 1  contributed toward the cost of any part of the premium of such

 2  supplemental benefit plans. With respect to dental coverage,

 3  the division shall include in any solicitation or contract for

 4  any state group dental program made after July 1, 2001, a

 5  comprehensive indemnity dental plan option which offers

 6  enrollees a completely unrestricted choice of dentists. If a

 7  dental plan is endorsed, or in some manner recognized as the

 8  preferred product, such plan shall include a comprehensive

 9  indemnity dental plan option which provides enrollees with a

10  completely unrestricted choice of dentists.

11         b.  Pursuant to the applicable provisions of s.

12  110.161, and s. 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the

13  department shall enroll in the pretax benefit program those

14  state employees who voluntarily elect coverage in any of the

15  supplemental insurance benefit plans as provided by

16  sub-subparagraph a.

17         c.  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to

18  prohibit insurance providers from continuing to provide or

19  offer supplemental benefit coverage to state employees as

20  provided under existing agency plans.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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25  And the title is amended as follows:

26         On page 1, lines 4 & 5, delete all of said lines,

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29         solicitations or contracts for a state group

30         dental program to include a comprehensive

31         indemnity dental plan option providing

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