Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2094
                        Barcode 271740
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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 Barcode 271740 1 bone marrow transplantation, the term "bone marrow transplant" 2 includes both the transplantation and the chemotherapy. 3 4 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 5 6 7 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 8 And the title is amended as follows: 9 On page 1, line 7, after the semicolon, 10 11 insert: 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; 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 11:17 AM 03/26/07 s2094.bi02.00a