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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                Bill No. CS/HB 911

    Amendment No. 1f (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Farkas offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert:

17         Section 1.  (1)  Using a portion of the funds made

18  available in Specific Appropriation 2556 in the General

19  Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2001-2002, the Office of

20  Legislative Services in coordination with the Agency for

21  Health Care Administration shall contract for the completion

22  of a report assessing the impact of the following proposed

23  mandated health benefit coverages:

24         (a)  Substance abuse.

25         (b)  Contraceptives and infertility.

26         (c)  3.  Mental health services for persons with a

27  serious mental illness. For purposes of this subparagraph, the

28  term "serious mental illness" means any mental illness that is

29  recognized in the edition of relevant manuals of the American

30  Psychiatric Association or by the International Classification

31  of Diseases in effect on October 1, 2000, and affirmed by

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  1  medical science as caused by biological disorder of the brain

  2  and that substantially limits the life activities of the

  3  patient. The term includes, but is not limited to,

  4  schizophrenia, autism, schizoaffective disorders, anxiety and

  5  panic, bipolar affective disorders, major depression, and

  6  obsessive-compulsive disorder.

  7         (d)  Medical Nutrition Therapy.

  8         (e)  Occupational Therapy.

  9         (f)  Expansion of the current mandate for the off-label

10  use of FDA-approved pharmaceuticals for the treatment of

11  life-threatening, chronic, or disabling conditions.

12         (2)  Such review shall include:

13         (a)  Those elements for review as specified in s.

14  624.215(2), Florida Statutes, relating to proposals for

15  legislation which would mandate health benefit coverage and

16  review by the Legislature, to what extent the mandated health

17  benefit coverage is part of self-insured plans offered in this

18  state or federally funded programs such as those offered to

19  employees of the United States Postal Service and employees of

20  the Federal Government, to what extent such mandated health

21  benefit coverages are available as part of large group plans

22  versus small group plans, and recent state and federal court

23  and administrative rulings regarding such issues.

24         (b)  The nature of those services being used by those

25  insured persons who currently have a health coverage benefit,

26  including what is included in such coverage, the conditions

27  for which coverage is included, the extent to which such

28  covered persons reach any applicable annual or lifetime

29  benefit cap, utilization and authorization guidelines

30  applicable to such coverage, and inclusion of treatment

31  medications and guidelines applicable to medication coverage.

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  1         (3)  All insurers, as defined in s. 624.03, doing

  2  business in this state, shall provide data requested in order

  3  to complete this review.

  4         (4)  The report shall include information from persons

  5  or organizations proposing mandated health benefit coverages,

  6  as set forth in s. 624.215(2), and a recommendation as to

  7  whether the Legislature should adopt the health benefit

  8  coverage as a mandated coverage.

  9         (5)  Such contract shall be executed by July 1, 2002. A

10  preliminary report shall be submitted to the President of the

11  Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

12  December 1, 2002, and a final report shall be submitted to the

13  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

14  Representatives by February 1, 2003.

15         (6)  Such contract shall be executed by August 1, 2002,

16  and the report shall be submitted to the President of the

17  Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

18  April 1, 2003.

19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

20  law.

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25  remove:  the entire title

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27  and insert:

28         An act relating to mandated health benefit

29         coverages; requiring the Office of Legislative

30         Services to contract for completion of a report

31         on proposed mandated health coverages;

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  1         specifying report review requirements;

  2         requiring a report to the Legislature;

  3         providing an effective date.

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