Senate Bill sb2052

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2052

    By Senator Peaden





    2-1470-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health insurance contracts;

  3         amending s. 627.4236, F.S.; redefining the term

  4         "bone marrow transplant" for purposes of

  5         required coverage for certain procedures to

  6         include nonablative therapy having

  7         life-prolonging intent; providing an effective

  8         date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 627.4236, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         627.4236  Coverage for bone marrow transplant

15  procedures.--

16         (1)  As used in this section, the term "bone marrow

17  transplant" means human blood precursor cells administered to

18  a patient to restore normal hematological and immunological

19  functions following ablative or nonablative therapy with

20  curative or life-prolonging intent. Human blood precursor

21  cells may be obtained from the patient in an autologous

22  transplant or from a medically acceptable related or unrelated

23  donor, and may be derived from bone marrow, circulating blood,

24  or a combination of bone marrow and circulating blood. If

25  chemotherapy is an integral part of the treatment involving

26  bone marrow transplantation, the term "bone marrow transplant"

27  includes both the transplantation and the chemotherapy.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2052
    2-1470-06




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 3    Includes nonablative therapy having life-prolonging
      intent within the types of therapy required under
 4    insurance that provides coverage for bone marrow
      transplants.
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