Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1686
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/26/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Bean) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 103 and 104
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 636.202, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read
    7         636.202 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
    8         (1) “Discount medical plan” means a business arrangement or
    9  contract in which a person, in exchange for fees, dues, charges,
   10  or other consideration, provides access for plan members to
   11  providers of medical services and the right to receive medical
   12  services from those providers at a discount. The term “discount
   13  medical plan” does not include any product regulated under
   14  chapter 627, chapter 641, or part I of this chapter, or any
   15  telehealth product defined under s. 456.51, F.S.
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   18  And the title is amended as follows:
   19         Delete line 17
   20  and insert:
   21         defining the term "telehealth"; amending s. 636.202,
   22         F.S.; excluding telehealth products from the
   23         definition of "discount medical plan"; providing an
   24         effective