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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 2007
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11  Representative(s) Benson offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 24, between lines 25 and 26, of the bill
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17         Section 9.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section
18  641.185, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         641.185  Health maintenance organization subscriber
20  protections.--
21         (1)  With respect to the provisions of this part and
22  part III, the principles expressed in the following statements
23  shall serve as standards to be followed by the Department of
24  Insurance and the Agency for Health Care Administration in
25  exercising their powers and duties, in exercising
26  administrative discretion, in administrative interpretations
27  of the law, in enforcing its provisions, and in adopting
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29         (e)  A health maintenance organization subscriber
30  should receive timely, concise information regarding the
31  health maintenance organization's reimbursement to providers
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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT
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  1  and services pursuant to ss. 641.31 and 641.31015 and is
  2  entitled to prompt payment from the organization pursuant to
  3  s. 641.3155.
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  7  And the title is amended as follows:
  8         On page 3, line 10,
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11         amending s. 641.185, F.S.; entitling health
12         maintenance organization subscribers to prompt
13         payment by the organization;
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