House Bill hb0809c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001              CS/HB 809

        By the Committee on Insurance and Representatives Murman,
    Waters, Benson, Harrell, Ritter, Sobel, Slosberg, Farkas,
    Simmons, Negron, Romeo, Prieguez, Melvin, Kallinger, Ross,
    Clarke, Bucher, Cusack, Littlefield, Joyner and Diaz de la
    Portilla


  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health insurers and health

  3         maintenance organizations; creating s.

  4         627.6474, F.S.; prohibiting health insurers

  5         from requiring contracted health care providers

  6         to accept the terms of other health care

  7         contracts as a condition of continuation or

  8         renewal; amending s. 627.662, F.S.; applying

  9         such prohibition to group health insurance,

10         blanket health insurance, and franchise health

11         insurance; amending s. 641.315, F.S.; applying

12         such prohibition to health maintenance

13         organizations; providing an effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Section 627.6474, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         627.6474  Provider contracts.--A health insurer shall

20  not require a contracted health care provider licensed under

21  chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, chapter 461, or chapter

22  466 to accept the terms of other health care provider

23  contracts as a condition of continuation or renewal. Any

24  contract provision that violates this section is void. A

25  violation of this section is not subject to the criminal

26  penalty specified in s. 624.15.

27         Section 2.  Subsection (11) is added to section

28  627.662, Florida Statutes, to read:

29         627.662  Other provisions applicable.--The following

30  provisions apply to group health insurance, blanket health

31  insurance, and franchise health insurance:

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  1         (11)  Section 627.6474, relating to provider contracts.

  2         Section 3.  Subsection (10) is added to section

  3  642.315, Florida Statutes, to read:

  4         641.315  Provider contracts.--

  5         (10)  A health maintenance organization shall not

  6  require a contracted health care provider licensed under

  7  chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, chapter 461, or chapter

  8  466 to accept the terms of other health care provider

  9  contracts as a condition of continuation or renewal. Any

10  contract provision that violates this subsection is void. A

11  violation of this subsection is not subject to the criminal

12  penalty specified in s. 624.15.

13         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001,

14  and shall apply to contracts entered into or renewed on or

15  after that date.

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