| 1 | Representative Lopez-Cantera offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 69 and 70, insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Subsections (11) through (15), are renumbered |
| 6 | as subsections (12) through (16), respectively, and present |
| 7 | subsections (16) through (21) are renumbered as subsections (18) |
| 8 | through (23), respectively, of section 717.101, Florida |
| 9 | Statutes, and new subsections (11) and (17) are added to said |
| 10 | section to read: |
| 11 | 717.101 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, unless the |
| 12 | context otherwise requires: |
| 13 | (11) "Health care provider" means any state-licensed |
| 14 | entity that provides and receives payment for health care |
| 15 | services. These entities include, but are not limited to, |
| 16 | hospitals, outpatient centers, physician practices, and skilled |
| 17 | nursing facilities. |
| 18 | (17) "Managed care payor" means a health care plan that |
| 19 | has a defined system of selecting and limiting health care |
| 20 | providers as evidenced by a managed care contract with the |
| 21 | health care providers. These plans include, but are not limited |
| 22 | to, managed care health insurance companies and health |
| 23 | maintenance organizations. |
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| 26 | Remove line 7 and insert: |
| 27 | amending s. 717.101, F.S.; providing definitions; amending s. |
| 28 | 717.106, F.S.; specifying communication by |