SENATE AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Crist moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1. Section 627.6474, Florida Statutes, is
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19 627.6474 Provider contracts.--A health insurer shall
20 not require a contracted health care practitioner as defined
21 in s. 456.001(4) to accept the terms of other health care
22 practitioner contracts with the insurer, including Medicare
23 and Medicaid practitioner contracts and those authorized by s.
24 627.6471, s. 627.6472, or s. 641.315, except for a
25 practitioner in a group practice as defined in s. 456.053 who
26 must accept the terms of a contract negotiated for the
27 practitioner by the group, as a condition of continuation or
28 renewal of the contract. Any contract provision that violates
29 this section is void. A violation of this section is not
30 subject to the criminal penalty specified in s. 624.15.
31 Section 2. Subsection (11) is added to section
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1 627.662, Florida Statutes, to read:
2 627.662 Other provisions applicable.--The following
3 provisions apply to group health insurance, blanket health
4 insurance, and franchise health insurance:
5 (11) Section 627.6474, relating to provider contracts.
6 Section 3. Subsection (10) is added to section
7 641.315, Florida Statutes, to read:
8 641.315 Provider contracts.--
9 (10) A health maintenance organization shall not
10 require a contracted health care practitioner as defined in s.
11 456.001(4) to accept the terms of other health care
12 practitioner contracts with the health maintenance
13 organization, including Medicare and Medicaid practitioner
14 contracts and those authorized by s. 627.6471, s. 627.6472, or
15 s. 641.315, except for a practitioner in a group practice as
16 defined in s. 456.053 who must accept the terms of a contract
17 negotiated for the practitioner by the group, as a condition
18 of continuation or renewal of the contract. Any contract
19 provision that violates this section is void. A violation of
20 this section is not subject to the criminal penalty specified
21 in s. 624.15.
22 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001,
23 and shall apply to contracts entered into or renewed on or
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28 And the title is amended as follows:
29 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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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 certain contracted health care
6 practitioners to accept the terms of other
7 health care contracts as a condition of
8 continuation or renewal; providing exceptions;
9 amending s. 627.662, F.S.; applying this
10 prohibition to group health insurance, blanket
11 health insurance, and franchise health
12 insurance; amending s. 641.315, F.S.; applying
13 this prohibition to health maintenance
14 organizations; providing an effective date.
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