SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2060, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 880180
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11  Senator Geller moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 36, lines 18 and 19, delete those lines
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17         Section 19.  Section 626.9651, Florida Statutes, is
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19         626.9651  Privacy.--The department shall adopt rules
20  consistent with other provisions of the Insurance Code to
21  govern the use of a consumer's nonpublic personal financial
22  and health information.  These rules shall be based on,
23  consistent with, and not more restrictive than the National
24  Association of Insurance Commissioners' Privacy of Consumer
25  Financial and Health Information Regulation adopted September
26  26, 2000, by the National Association of Insurance
27  Commissioners, provided, however, the rules shall permit the
28  use and disclosure of nonpublic personal health information
29  for scientific, medical, or public policy research in
30  accordance with federal law.  In addition, these rules shall
31  be consistent with, and not more restrictive than, the
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2060, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 880180
 1  standards contained in Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
 2  of 1999 (Pub. L. No. 106-102).  Any health insurer or health
 3  maintenance organization determined by the department to be in
 4  compliance with, or to be actively undertaking compliance
 5  with, the consumer privacy protection rules promulgated by the
 6  United States Department of Health and Human Services, in
 7  conformance with the Health Insurance Portability and
 8  Affordability Act, shall be deemed in compliance with this
 9  section.  This section shall take effect July 1, 2001.
10         Section 20.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in
11  this act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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15  And the title is amended as follows:
16         On page 2, line 16, after the semicolon,
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19         creating s. 626.9651, F.S.; directing the
20         department to adopt rules to govern the use of
21         a consumer's nonpublic personal financial and
22         health information by health insurers and
23         health maintenance organizations; providing
24         standards governing the rules;
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