Florida Senate - 2014                                    SB 1364
       
       
        
       By Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       7-00902A-14                                           20141364__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Employee Health Care Access
    3         Act; amending s. 627.6699, F.S.; revising the
    4         definition of the term “eligible employee” for whom
    5         the act provides for the availability of access to
    6         certain health insurance coverage; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subsection (3) of section
   12  627.6699, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         627.6699 Employee Health Care Access Act.—
   14         (3) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
   15         (h) “Eligible employee” means an employee who works full
   16  time, having a normal workweek of 30 25 or more hours, and who
   17  has met any applicable waiting-period requirements or other
   18  requirements of this section act. The term includes a self
   19  employed individual, a sole proprietor, a partner of a
   20  partnership, or an independent contractor, if the sole
   21  proprietor, partner, or independent contractor is included as an
   22  employee under a health benefit plan of a small employer, but
   23  does not include a part-time, temporary, or substitute employee.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.