Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1660
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11  The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Baker) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
19  627.6699, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20         627.6699  Employee Health Care Access Act.--
21         (4)  APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE.--
22         (a)1.  This section applies to a health benefit plan
23  that provides coverage to employees of a small employer in
24  this state, unless the coverage policy is marketed directly to
25  the individual employee, and the employer does not contribute
26  directly or indirectly to participate in the collection or
27  distribution of premiums or facilitate the administration of
28  the coverage policy in any manner. For the purposes of this
29  subparagraph, an employer shall not be deemed to be
30  contributing to the premiums or facilitating the
31  administration of coverage if the employer does not contribute
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1660 Barcode 305656 1 towards the premium and merely collects the premiums for such 2 coverage from an employee's wages or salary through payroll 3 deduction and submits payment for the premiums of one or more 4 employees in a lump sum to a carrier. 5 2. A carrier authorized to issue group or individual 6 health benefit plans under chapter 627 or chapter 641 may 7 offer coverage as described in this subparagraph to individual 8 employees without being subject to this section if the 9 employer has not had a group health benefit plan in place in 10 the prior 6 months. A carrier authorized to issue group or 11 individual health benefit plans under chapter 627 or chapter 12 641 may offer coverage as described in this subparagraph to 13 employees that are not eligible employees as defined in this 14 section, whether or not the small employer has a group health 15 benefit plan in place. A carrier that offers coverage as 16 described in this subparagraph must provide a cancellation 17 notice to the primary insured at least 10 days prior to 18 canceling the coverage for nonpayment of premium. 19 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. 20 21 22 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 23 And the title is amended as follows: 24 Delete everything before the enacting clause 25 26 and insert: 27 A bill to be entitled 28 An act relating to the Employee Health Care 29 Access Act; amending s. 627.6699, F.S.; 30 revising application of the act; providing 31 construction; authorizing carriers to offer 2 2:10 PM 04/12/05 s1660d-bi20-t01
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1660 Barcode 305656 1 coverage to certain employees without being 2 subject to the act under certain circumstances; 3 providing requirements; providing an effective 4 date. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 2:10 PM 04/12/05 s1660d-bi20-t01