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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/HB 1643
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Representative(s) Clarke offered the following:
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13 Amendment to Amendment (572373)
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17 and insert: division rules. Any employer, if self-insured, or
18 carrier found by the division not to be within 90 percent
19 compliance as to the payment of medical bills after July 1,
20 1994, must be assessed a fine not to exceed 1 percent of the
21 prior year's assessment levied against such entity under s.
22 440.51 for every quarter in which the entity fails to attain
23 90-percent compliance. The department division shall fine or
24 otherwise discipline an employer or carrier, pursuant to this
25 chapter, the insurance code, or rules adopted by the
26 department division, for each late payment of compensation
27 that is below the minimum 90-percent performance standard. Any
28 carrier that is found to be not in compliance in subsequent
29 consecutive quarters must implement a medical-bill review
30 program approved by the division, and the carrier is subject
31 to disciplinary action by the Department of Insurance.
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