Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1660
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11 The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Fasano) recommended
12 the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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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 paragraph, an employer is not deemed to be contributing to the
30 premiums or facilitating the administration of coverage if the
31 employer does not contribute to the premium and merely
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1 collects the premiums for such coverage from an employee's
2 wages or salary through payroll deduction and submits payment
3 for the premiums of one or more employees in a lump sum to a
4 carrier.
5 2. A carrier authorized to issue group or individual
6 health benefit plans under this chapter or chapter 641 may
7 offer coverage as described in this paragraph 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 12 months. A carrier authorized to issue group or
11 individual health benefit plans under this chapter or chapter
12 641 may offer coverage as described in this paragraph 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 paragraph must provide a cancellation notice
17 to the primary insured at least 10 days prior to canceling the
18 coverage for nonpayment of premium.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
24 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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27 A bill to be entitled
28 An act relating to employee health care access;
29 amending s. 627.6699, F.S.; revising standards
30 for determining applicability of the Employee
31 Health Care Access Act; prescribing acts that
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1 may be performed by an employer without being
2 considered contributing to premiums or
3 facilitating administration of a policy;
4 authorizing certain carriers to offer coverage
5 to certain employees without being subject to
6 the act under certain circumstances; requiring
7 a carrier who offers such coverage to provide
8 notice to the primary insured prior to
9 cancellation for nonpayment of premium;
10 providing an effective date.
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