SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2910
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 664346
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11  Senator Peaden moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 14, line 26, delete that line
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16  and insert:  shall, upon request, furnish a person patient,
17  prior to provision of
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21  And the title is amended as follows:
22         On page 13, line 25, delete that line
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25         insurance are complicated and multifaceted, and
26         WHEREAS, on August 14, 2003, Speaker Johnnie Byrd
27  created the Select Committee on Affordable Health Care for
28  Floridians in an effort to address the issue of affordable and
29  accessible employment-based insurance, and
30         WHEREAS, the Select Committee on Affordable Health Care
31  for Floridians held public hearings with predetermined themes
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2910
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 664346
 1  around the state, specifically, in Orlando, Miami,
 2  Jacksonville, Tampa, Pensacola, Boca Raton, and Tallahassee,
 3  from October through November 2003 to effectively probe the
 4  operation of the private insurance marketplace, to understand
 5  the health insurance market trends, to learn from past policy
 6  initiatives, and to identify, explore, and debate new ideas
 7  for change, and
 8         WHEREAS, recommendations from the Select Committee on
 9  Affordable Health Care were adopted on February 4, 2004, to
10  address the multifaceted issues attributed to the increase in
11  health care cost, and
12         WHEREAS, these recommendations were presented to the
13  Speaker of the House of Representatives in a final report from
14  the committee on February 18, 2004, and subsequent legislation
15  was drafted creating the "The 2004 Affordable Health Care for
16  Floridians Act," NOW, THEREFORE,
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