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Florida House of Representatives - 2002 CS/HB 911
By the Council for Competitive Commerce and Representative
Farkas
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to mandated health benefit
3 coverages; requiring the Office of Legislative
4 Services to contract for completion of a report
5 on existing mandated health insurance benefit
6 coverages; specifying report review
7 requirements; requiring a report to the
8 Legislature; providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. (1) Using a portion of the funds made
13 available in Specific Appropriation 2556 in the General
14 Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2001-2002, the Office of
15 Legislative Services shall contract for the completion of a
16 report assessing the impact of the following existing mandated
17 health benefit coverages:
18 (a) Bone marrow transplants.
19 (b) Cancer drugs.
20 (c) Child health supervision services.
21 (d) Cleft lip and cleft palate for children.
22 (e) Dental procedures for children: general anesthesia
23 and hospitalization.
24 (f) Diabetes treatment.
25 (g) Emergency care.
26 (h) Extension of major medical benefits.
27 (i) HIV coverage.
28 (j) Home health care services.
29 (k) Mammograms.
30 (l) Mastectomy:
31 1. Length of stay and outpatient coverage.
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1 2. Surgical procedures and devices.
2 (m) Maternity: length of stay and postdelivery care.
3 (n) Obstetrical and gynecological annual visits.
4 (o) Osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment.
5 (p) Out-of-hospital services.
6 (q) Temporomandibular joint disease.
7 (r) Newborn hearing screening.
8 (2) Such review shall include:
9 (a) Those elements for review as specified in s.
10 624.215(2), Florida Statutes, relating to proposals for
11 legislation which would mandate health benefit coverage and
12 review by the Legislature, to what extent the mandated health
13 benefit coverage is part of self-insured plans offered in this
14 state or federally funded programs such as those offered to
15 employees of the United States Postal Service and employees of
16 the Federal Government, to what extent such mandated health
17 benefit coverages are available as part of large group plans
18 versus small group plans, and recent state and federal court
19 and administrative rulings regarding such issues.
20 (b) The nature of those services being used by those
21 insured persons who currently have a health coverage benefit,
22 including what is included in such coverage, the conditions
23 for which coverage is included, the extent to which such
24 covered persons reach any applicable annual or lifetime
25 benefit cap, utilization and authorization guidelines
26 applicable to such coverage, and inclusion of treatment
27 medications and guidelines applicable to medication coverage.
28 (3) Such contract shall be executed by August 1, 2002,
29 and the report shall be submitted to the President of the
30 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
31 April 1, 2003.
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