SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1788   Barcode 575848
    Amendment No. ___
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11  Senator Carlton moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 2, line 14, delete that line
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17         Section 3.  Subsection (9) is added to section 627.419,
18  Florida Statutes, to read:
19         627.419  Construction of policies.--
20         (9)  With respect to any group or individual insurer
21  covering dental services, each claimant, or dentist acting for
22  a claimant, who has had a claim denied as not medically or
23  dentally necessary or who has had a claim payment based on an
24  alternate dental service in accordance with accepted dental
25  standards for adequate and appropriate care must be provided
26  an opportunity for an appeal to the insurer's licensed dentist
27  who is responsible for the medical necessity reviews under the
28  plan or is a member of the plan's peer review group. The
29  appeal may be by telephone, and the insurer's dentist must
30  respond within a reasonable time, not to exceed 15 business
31  days.
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1788   Barcode 575848
    Amendment No. ___
 1         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001,
 2  and section 3 of this act, amending section 627.419, Florida
 3  Statutes, shall apply to policies issued or renewed after that
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 8  And the title is amended as follows:
 9         Delete everything before the enacting clause
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12                      A bill to be entitled
13         An act relating to dentistry; amending s.
14         627.419, F.S.; providing for appeals from
15         certain adverse determinations relating to
16         dental service claims; amending s. 456.031,
17         F.S.; providing an alternative by which
18         licensees under ch. 466, F.S., may comply with
19         a general requirement that they take
20         domestic-violence education courses; amending
21         s. 456.033, F.S.; providing an alternative by
22         which such licensees may comply with a general
23         requirement that they take AIDS/HIV education
24         courses; providing an effective date.
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