HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 25A
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Ambler offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between lines 4900 and 4901, insert:
16	Section 33. Section 440.70, Florida Statutes, is created
17	to read:
18	440.70 Coverage from other insurance
19	policies.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
20	if an employer provides both health insurance and long-term
21	disability insurance to its employees:
22	(1) The employer shall provide workers' compensation
23	insurance only for accidents occurring as the result of gross
24	negligence or an intentional act on the part of the employer or
25	for coverage above and beyond the terms of the health insurance
26	or long-term disability insurance policies.
27	(2) Medical exams required by this section shall be paid
28	for by the employee’s health insurance provider subject to the
29	terms of the employee’s health insurance policy and any
30	copayment or deductible shall be paid for by the employer if the
31	employer is requesting the exam or by the employee if the
32	employee is requesting the exam.
33	(3) Health-related benefits to which an employee is
34	entitled arising out of an accident under this chapter shall be
35	paid for by the employee’s health insurance provider subject to
36	the terms of the employee’s health insurance policy.
37	(4) Permanent impairment benefits and temporary partial
38	disability benefits to which an employee is entitled arising out
39	of an accident under this chapter shall be paid for by the
40	employee’s long-term disability insurance provider subject to
41	the terms of the employee’s long-term disability insurance
42	policy.
43	(5) Any benefits to which the employee is entitled under
44	this chapter that exceed the terms of either the employee’s
45	health insurance policy or long-term disability policy shall be
46	provided by the employer directly or through a supplemental
47	insurance policy.
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50	Remove line 89, and insert:
51	Financial Services, if requested; creating s. 440.70, F.S.;
52	exempting employers who provide health insurance and long-term
53	disability insurance; providing for coverage of workers’
54	compensation benefits from such insurance sources; providing
55	alternative requirements; requiring supplemental insurance
56	coverage for certain benefits under certain circumstances;
57	amending s. 627.162,