HOUSE AMENDMENT

    565-223AX-32                                   Bill No. HB 111

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Fasano offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 5, between lines 13 and 14,

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

18  627.6425, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         627.6425  Renewability of individual coverage.--

20         (2)  An insurer may nonrenew or discontinue health

21  insurance coverage of an individual in the individual market

22  based only on one or more of the following:

23         (a)  The individual has failed to pay premiums, or

24  contributions, or required copayments in accordance with the

25  terms of the health insurance coverage or the insurer has not

26  received timely premium payments. When the copayment is

27  payable to the insurer and exceeds $300, the insurer shall

28  allow the insured up to 90 days after the date of the

29  procedure to pay the required copayment. The insurer shall

30  print, in 10-point type on the Declaration of Benefits page,

31  notification that the insured could be terminated for failure

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    565-223AX-32                                   Bill No. HB 111

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  1  to make any required copayment to the insurer.

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  5  And the title is amended as follows:

  6         On page 1, line 18, after the semicolon,

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  9         amending s. 627.6425, F.S.; authorizing

10         insurers to nonrenew or discontinue health

11         insurance coverage for failure to pay certain

12         copayments; providing procedures and

13         requirements relating to certain copayments;

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