HB 797

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to congenital craniofacial anomalies;
3requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation of the
4Financial Services Commission to mandate health insurers
5and health maintenance organizations to cover certain
6treatments and therapies for deformational or positional
7plagiocephaly; providing an effective date.
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9Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11     Section 1.  The Office of Insurance Regulation of the
12Financial Services Commission shall require health insurers and
13health maintenance organizations in this state to provide
14coverage for cranial skull molding orthotics and other therapies
15used in the treatment of deformational or positional
16plagiocephaly.
17     Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.


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