Senate Bill sb0222

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 222

    By Senator Dawson





    30-5-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health insurance; creating

  3         ss. 627.6410 and 627.65747, F.S., and amending

  4         s. 641.31, F.S.; prohibiting certain health

  5         insurance policies and health maintenance

  6         contracts from applying certain payments to

  7         certain limits specified in the policies or

  8         contracts; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 627.6410, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         627.6410  Coverage for early intervention services;

15  limitation.--Any accident or health insurance policy that

16  covers a child in this state from birth to 3 years of age,

17  that provides for payments for early intervention services for

18  such child, and that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed

19  in this state may not provide for application of such payments

20  against any maximum annual or lifetime limits specified in the

21  policy.

22         Section 2.  Section 627.65747, Florida Statutes, is

23  created to read:

24         627.65747  Coverage for early intervention services;

25  limitation.--Any group, blanket, or franchise accident or

26  health insurance policy that covers a child in this state from

27  birth to 3 years of age, that provides for payments for early

28  intervention services for such child, and that is issued,

29  amended, delivered, or renewed in this state may not provide

30  for application of such payments against any maximum annual or

31  lifetime limits specified in the policy.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 222
    30-5-01




  1         Section 3.  Subsection (40) is added to section 641.31,

  2  Florida Statutes, to read:

  3         641.31  Health maintenance contracts.--

  4         (40)  Any health maintenance contract that covers a

  5  child in this state from birth to 3 years of age, that

  6  provides for payments for early intervention services for such

  7  child, and that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in

  8  this state may not provide for application of such payments

  9  against any maximum annual or lifetime limits specified in the

10  contract.

11         Section 4.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2001,

12  and shall apply to policies and contracts that are issued,

13  amended, delivered, or renewed in this state after that date.

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      Provides that health insurance policies, group, blanket,
18    or franchise health insurance policies, and health
      maintenance contracts that provide for payments for early
19    intervention services for children from birth to 3 years
      of age may not apply such payments against any maximum
20    annual or lifetime limits specified in the policies or
      contracts.
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