| 1 | Representative Benson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 49 and 50, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 627.4236, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 627.4236 Coverage for bone marrow transplant procedures.-- |
| 8 | (1) As used in this section, the term "bone marrow |
| 9 | transplant" means human blood precursor cells administered to a |
| 10 | patient to restore normal hematological and immunological |
| 11 | functions following ablative or nonablative therapy with |
| 12 | curative or life-prolonging intent. Human blood precursor cells |
| 13 | may be obtained from the patient in an autologous transplant or |
| 14 | from a medically acceptable related or unrelated donor, and may |
| 15 | be derived from bone marrow, circulating blood, or a combination |
| 16 | of bone marrow and circulating blood. If chemotherapy is an |
| 17 | integral part of the treatment involving bone marrow |
| 18 | transplantation, the term "bone marrow transplant" includes both |
| 19 | the transplantation and the chemotherapy. |
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| 21 | ======= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======= |
| 22 | Between lines 9 and 10, insert: |
| 23 | amending s. 627.4236, F.S.; redefining the term "bone marrow |
| 24 | transplant" for purposes of required coverage for certain |
| 25 | procedures to include nonablative therapy having life-prolonging |
| 26 | intent; |