HOUSE AMENDMENT

                           Bill No. CS for CS for SB 108, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. 2a (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Ross offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (833993) (with title amendment) 

14         On page 14, between lines 11 & 12 of the amendment

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17         Section 8.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

18  440.134, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         440.134  Workers' compensation managed care

20  arrangement.--

21         (2)(a)  The self-insured employer or carrier may,

22  subject to the terms and limitations specified elsewhere in

23  this section and chapter, furnish to the employee solely

24  through managed care arrangements such medically necessary

25  remedial treatment, care, and attendance for such period as

26  the nature of the injury or the process of recovery requires.

27  For any self-insured employer or carrier who elects to deliver

28  the medical benefits required by this chapter through a method

29  other than a workers' compensation managed care arrangement,

30  the discontinuance of the use of the workers' compensation

31  managed care arrangement shall be without regard to the date

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                           Bill No. CS for CS for SB 108, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. 2a (for drafter's use only)





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  6  And the title is amended as follows:

  7         On page 33, line 24, of the amendment

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  9  after "fees;" insert:

10         providing for discontinuance of medical care

11         under a managed care plan regardless of the

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