SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 38-E
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 442782
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11  Senator Wasserman Schultz moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 91, between lines 19 and 20,
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17         Section 20.  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 a required copayment payable to the insurer
25  in accordance with the terms of the health insurance coverage
26  or the insurer has not received timely premium payments. If
27  the copayment is payable to the insurer and exceeds $300, the
28  insurer shall allow the insured up to 90 days following the
29  date of the procedure to pay the required copayment. The
30  insurer shall print in 10-point type on the
31  declaration-of-benefits page notification that the insured
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 38-E
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 442782
 1  could be terminated for failure to make any required copayment
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 8  And the title is amended as follows:
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12         amending s. 627.6425, F.S.; providing
13         requirements for an insurer with respect to the
14         nonrenewal or discontinuance of health
15         insurance coverage;
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