SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1558, 1st Eng.
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11 Senator Campbell moved the following amendment to amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 144. Section 627.6474, Florida Statutes, is
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20 627.6474 Provider contracts.--A health insurer shall
21 not require a contracted health care practitioner as defined
22 in s. 456,001(4) to accept the terms of other health care
23 practitioner contracts with the insurer or any other insurer
24 or health maintenance organization under common management and
25 control with the insurer, including Medicare and Medicaid
26 practitioner contracts and those authorized by s. 627.6471, s.
27 627.6472, or s. 641.315, except for a practitioner in a group
28 practice as defined in s. 456.053 who must accept the terms of
29 a contract negotiated for the practitioner by the group as a
30 condition of continuation or renewal of the contract. Any
31 contract provision that violates this section is void. A
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1 violation of this section is not subject to the criminal
2 penalty specified in s. 624.15.
3 Section 145. Subsection (11) is added to section
4 627.662, Florida Statutes, to read:
5 627.662 Other provisions applicable.--The following
6 provisions apply to group health insurance, blanket health
7 insurance, and franchise health insurance:
8 (11) Section 627.6474, relating to provider contracts.
9 Section 146. Subsection (10) is added to section
10 641.315, Florida Statutes, to read:
11 641.315 Provider contracts.--
12 (10) A health maintenance organization shall not
13 require a contracted health care practitioner as defined in s.
14 456.001(4) to accept the terms of other health care
15 practitioner contracts with the health maintenance
16 organization or any insurer or other health maintenance
17 organization under common management and control with the
18 health maintenance organization, including Medicare and
19 Medicaid practitioner contracts and those authorized by s.
20 627.6471, s. 627.6472, or this section, except for a
21 practitioner in a group practice as defined in s. 456.053 who
22 must accept the terms of a contract negotiated for the
23 practitioner by the group as a condition of continuation or
24 renewal of the contract. Any contract provision that violates
25 this section is void. A violation of this subsection is not
26 subject to the criminal penalty specified in s. 624.15.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 creating s. 627.6474, F.S.; prohibiting certain
7 provisions in contracts between health insurers
8 and health care practitioners; amending s.
9 627.662, F.S.; providing applicability of such
10 provisions in contracts of group, blanket, and
11 franchise health insurance; amending s.
12 641.315, F.S.; prohibiting certain provisions
13 in health maintenance organizations and health
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