Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1860 Barcode 588602 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: FAV . 02/29/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Budget (Bennett) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (616172) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete lines 93 - 104 5 and insert: 6 3. Reimbursement for services provided by each type of 7 licensed medical provider authorized to render such services 8 under subparagraph 2. is limited to the lesser of 24 treatments 9 or to services rendered within 24 weeks after the date of the 10 initial treatment, whichever comes first, unless the insurer 11 authorizes additional services. 12 4. Medical benefits include massage as defined in s. 13 480.033 or acupuncture as defined in s. 457.102. However, 14 massage and acupuncture services may not be reimbursed under 15 this section unless such services are rendered by a licensed 16 massage therapist or licensed acupuncturist who is under the 17 direct supervision of a physician licensed under chapter 458 or 18 chapter 459, or a chiropractic physician licensed under chapter 19 460. 20 21 Delete line 420 22 and insert: 23 Services, relating to applicable modifiers, to determine the 24 25 Delete lines 680 - 694 26 and insert: 27 1. An entity wholly owned by a physician licensed under 28 chapter 458 or chapter 459, by a chiropractic physician licensed 29 under chapter 460, or by the physician or chiropractic physician 30 and the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the physician or 31 chiropractic physician; 32 2. An entity wholly owned by a dentist licensed under 33 chapter 466, or by the dentist and the spouse, parent, child, or 34 sibling of the dentist; 35 3. A hospital or ambulatory surgical center licensed under 36 chapter 395; or 37 4. An entity that wholly owns or is wholly owned, directly 38 or indirectly, by a hospital or hospitals licensed under chapter 39 395. 40 41 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 42 And the title is amended as follows: 43 Delete lines 923 - 925 44 and insert: 45 providing that massage and acupuncture services that 46 are rendered by specified licensees, under certain 47 circumstances, may be reimbursed under the motor 48 vehicle no-fault law; requiring that an insurer repay