Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 1022
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       24-00888A-09                                          20091022__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to Medicare; amending s. 627.6741,
    3         F.S.; requiring that certain insurers issue a Medicare
    4         supplement policy to any individual who is younger
    5         than 65 years of age and eligible for Medicare due to
    6         having end-stage renal disease; providing an effective
    7         date.
    8         
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10         
   11         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 627.6741, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         627.6741 Issuance, cancellation, nonrenewal, and
   14  replacement.—
   15         (1) An insurer issuing Medicare supplement policies in this
   16  state shall offer the opportunity of enrolling in a Medicare
   17  supplement policy, without conditioning the issuance or
   18  effectiveness of the policy on, and without discriminating in
   19  the price of the policy based on, the medical or health status
   20  or receipt of health care by the individual:
   21         (a) To any individual who is 65 years of age or older and
   22  who resides in this state, upon the request of the individual
   23  during the 6-month period beginning with the first month in
   24  which the individual has attained 65 years of age and is
   25  enrolled in Medicare Part part B.; or
   26         (b) To any individual who is 65 years of age or older and
   27  is enrolled in Medicare Part part B, who resides in this state,
   28  upon the request of the individual during the 2-month period
   29  following termination of coverage under a group health insurance
   30  policy.
   31         (c) To any individual who resides in this state, who is
   32  younger than 65 years of age and eligible for Medicare due to
   33  having end-stage renal disease, and who is enrolled in Medicare
   34  Part B, upon the request of the individual within 6 months after
   35  becoming eligible for Medicare, or by January 1, 2010, whichever
   36  occurs later.
   37  A Medicare supplement policy issued to an individual under
   38  paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) may not exclude benefits based on
   39  a preexisting condition if the individual has a continuous
   40  period of creditable coverage, as defined in s. 627.6561(5), of
   41  at least 6 months as of the date of application for coverage.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.