HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 723 CS
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Farkas offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
15	Between lines 1214 and 1215, insert:
16	(40) Each health maintenance organization shall make
17	available to a contract holder as part of the application for
18	any such contract, for an appropriate additional premium, the
19	benefits or level of benefits specified in the December 1999
20	Florida Medicaid Therapy Services Handbook for genetic or
21	congenital disorders or conditions involving speech, language,
22	swallowing, and hearing and a hearing aid and earmolds benefit
23	at the level of benefits specified in the January 2001 Florida
24	Medicaid Hearing services Handbook.
25	(a) Such optional coverage is not required to be offered
26	when substantially similar benefits are included in the contract
27	issued to the subscriber.
28	(b) This subsection does not require or prohibit the use
29	of a provider network.
30	(c) This subsection does not prohibit an organization from
31	requiring prior authorization for the benefits under this
32	subsection.
33	(d) This subsection does not apply to health maintenance
34	organizations issuing individual coverage to fewer than 50,000
35	members.
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38	Remove line(s) 984, and insert:
39	641.31, Florida Statutes, are amended, and a new subsection (40)
40	is added to said section, to read:
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43	Remove line 59, and insert:
44	claim related to limiting age attainment; requiring health
45	maintenance organizations to offer certain coverage for
46	speech, language, swallowing, and hearing disorders subject
47	to limitation and exclusion; amending s.
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