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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2554

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Myers moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, between lines 22 and 23,

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17         Section 5.  Subsection (4) is added to section

18  641.3155, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

19         641.3155  Provider contracts; payment of claims.--

20         (4)  A health maintenance organization shall not deny

21  payment to a contract primary care physician or contract

22  admitting physician for inpatient hospital services provided

23  by the contracted physician to the subscriber.

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29  And the title is amended as follows:

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 2         amending s. 641.3155, F.S.; prohibiting a

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