Florida Senate - 2019                                    SB 1560
       
       
        
       By Senator Flores
       
       
       
       
       
       39-01638-19                                           20191560__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to price transparency in contracts;
    3         creating s. 627.4303, F.S.; defining the term “health
    4         insurer”; providing that a contract between a health
    5         insurer and a health care provider may not limit
    6         certain disclosures and must prohibit the insurer from
    7         requiring payments for services from an insured which
    8         exceed certain amounts; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 627.4303, Florida Statutes, is created
   13  to read:
   14         627.4303 Price transparency in contracts between health
   15  insurers and health care providers.—
   16         (1) As used in this section, the term “health insurer” has
   17  the same meaning as in s. 627.4301.
   18         (2) A contract between a health insurer and a health care
   19  provider may not limit a provider’s ability to disclose whether
   20  a patient’s cost-sharing obligation exceeds the retail price for
   21  a covered service or to disclose the availability of a more
   22  affordable service.
   23         (3) A contract between a health insurer and a health care
   24  provider must prohibit the insurer from requiring an insured to
   25  make a payment for a service in an amount that exceeds the
   26  retail price of the service in the absence of health insurance.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.