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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2007

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

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11  Representative(s) Benson offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 24, between lines 25 and 26, of the bill

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17         Section 9.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section

18  641.185, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         641.185  Health maintenance organization subscriber

20  protections.--

21         (1)  With respect to the provisions of this part and

22  part III, the principles expressed in the following statements

23  shall serve as standards to be followed by the Department of

24  Insurance and the Agency for Health Care Administration in

25  exercising their powers and duties, in exercising

26  administrative discretion, in administrative interpretations

27  of the law, in enforcing its provisions, and in adopting

28  rules:

29         (e)  A health maintenance organization subscriber

30  should receive timely, concise information regarding the

31  health maintenance organization's reimbursement to providers

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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  1  and services pursuant to ss. 641.31 and 641.31015 and is

  2  entitled to prompt payment from the organization pursuant to

  3  s. 641.3155.

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  7  And the title is amended as follows:

  8         On page 3, line 10,

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11         amending s. 641.185, F.S.; entitling health

12         maintenance organization subscribers to prompt

13         payment by the organization;

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