| 1 | Representative(s) Legg offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove lines 243 through 249 and insert: |
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| 6 | (7) Upon receipt of a request for neutral evaluation, the |
| 7 | department shall provide the parties a list of certified neutral |
| 8 | evaluators. The parties shall mutually select a neutral |
| 9 | evaluator from the list and promptly inform the department. If |
| 10 | the parties cannot agree to a neutral evaluator within 10 |
| 11 | business days, the department shall appoint a neutral evaluator |
| 12 | from the department list. Upon selection or appointment, the |
| 13 | department shall promptly refer the request to the neutral |
| 14 | evaluator. Within 5 business days of the referral, the neutral |
| 15 | evaluator shall notify the policyholder and the insurer of the |
| 16 | date, time, and place of the neutral evaluation conference. The |
| 17 | conference may be held by telephone, if feasible and desirable. |
| 18 | The neutral evaluation conference shall be held within 45 days |
| 19 | after the receipt of the request by the department. |