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HOUSE AMENDMENT
590-148AXB-00 Bill No. HB 549
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11 Representative(s) Boyd and Dockery offered the following:
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17 and insert in lieu thereof: state group insurance program.
18 Upon receipt of all proposals, the department may enter into
19 contract negotiations with insurance providers submitting bids
20 or negotiate a specially designed benefit package. Insurance
21 providers offering or providing supplemental coverage as of
22 May 30, 1991, which qualify for pretax benefit treatment
23 pursuant to s. 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with
24 5,500 or more state employees currently enrolled may be
25 included by the department in the supplemental insurance
26 benefit plan established by the department without
27 participating in a request for proposal, submitting bids,
28 negotiating contracts, or negotiating a specially designed
29 benefit package. These contracts shall provide state employees
30 with the most cost-effective and comprehensive coverage
31 available; however, no state or agency funds shall be
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1 contributed toward the cost of any part of the premium of such
2 supplemental benefit plans. With respect to dental coverage,
3 the division shall include in any solicitation or contract for
4 any state group dental program made after July 1, 2001, a
5 comprehensive indemnity dental plan option which offers
6 enrollees a completely unrestricted choice of dentists. If a
7 dental plan is endorsed, or in some manner recognized as the
8 preferred product, such plan shall include a comprehensive
9 indemnity dental plan option which provides enrollees with a
10 completely unrestricted choice of dentists.
11 b. Pursuant to the applicable provisions of s.
12 110.161, and s. 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the
13 department shall enroll in the pretax benefit program those
14 state employees who voluntarily elect coverage in any of the
15 supplemental insurance benefit plans as provided by
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17 c. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to
18 prohibit insurance providers from continuing to provide or
19 offer supplemental benefit coverage to state employees as
20 provided under existing agency plans.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
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25 And the title is amended as follows:
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30 solicitations or contracts for a state group
31 dental program to include a comprehensive
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