HB 97

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Medicare supplement policies; amending
3	s. 627.672, F.S.; revising an exclusion from a definition
4	of the term "Medicare supplement policy"; providing an
5	effective date.
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7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 627.672, Florida
10	Statutes, is amended to read:
11	627.672  Definitions.--For the purposes of ss. 627.671-
12	627.671-627.675:
13	(1)  A "Medicare supplement policy" is a health insurance
14	policy or other health benefit plan offered by a private entity
15	to individuals who are entitled to have payments for health care
16	costs made under Medicare, Title XVIII of the Social Security
17	Act ("Medicare"), as presently constituted and as may later be
18	amended, which provides reimbursement for expenses incurred for
19	services and items for which payment may be made under Medicare
20	but which expenses are not reimbursable by reason of the
21	applicability of deductibles, coinsurance amounts, or other
22	limitations imposed by Medicare. The term does not include any
23	such policy or plan of one or more employers or labor
24	organizations, or of the trustees of a fund established by one
25	or more employers or labor organizations, or a combination
26	thereof, for employees or former employees, or a combination
27	thereof, of the employers or for employees or former employees,
28	or a combination thereof, or for members or former members, or a
29	combination thereof, of the labor organizations.
30	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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