Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2094
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11  The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Peaden) recommended
12  the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 2, between lines 23 and 24,
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18         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 627.4236, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         627.4236  Coverage for bone marrow transplant
21  procedures.--
22         (1)  As used in this section, the term "bone marrow
23  transplant" means human blood precursor cells administered to
24  a patient to restore normal hematological and immunological
25  functions following ablative or nonablative therapy with
26  curative or life-prolonging intent. Human blood precursor
27  cells may be obtained from the patient in an autologous
28  transplant or from a medically acceptable related or unrelated
29  donor, and may be derived from bone marrow, circulating blood,
30  or a combination of bone marrow and circulating blood.  If
31  chemotherapy is an integral part of the treatment involving
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    Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2094
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 1  bone marrow transplantation, the term "bone marrow transplant"
 2  includes both the transplantation and the chemotherapy.
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 8  And the title is amended as follows:
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12         amending s. 627.4236, F.S.; redefining the term
13         "bone marrow transplant" for purposes of
14         required coverage for certain procedures to
15         include nonablative therapy having
16         life-prolonging intent;
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