HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 1253   Barcode 923977
    Amendment No. 3 (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Committee on Health Promotion offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 2, lines 1-13,
15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines
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18         Section 1.  Paragraphs (m) and (w) of subsection (3),
19  paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (12), and subsection (15)
20  of section 627.6699, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
21         627.6699  Employee Health Care Access Act.--
22         (3)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term:
23         (m)  "Limited benefit policy or contract" means a
24  policy or contract that provides coverage for each person
25  insured under the policy for a specifically named disease or
26  diseases, a specifically named accident, or a specifically
27  named limited market that fulfills an experimental or
28  reasonable need, such as the small group market, or to
29  complement a medical savings account program established by a
30  small employer for the benefit of its employees.
31         (w)  "Small employer carrier" means a carrier that
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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 1253   Barcode 923977
    Amendment No. 3 (for drafter's use only)
 1  offers health benefit plans covering eligible employees of one
 2  or more small employers, but does not include a carrier that
 3  issues only limited benefit policies or contracts to small
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 8  And the title is amended as follows:
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10  remove from the title of the bill:  "a definition"
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