HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 913

    Amendment No. 7 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Insurance offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with directory language amendment) 

14         On page 11, between lines 3 and 4 of the bill

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17         (b)  Except as provided in this section, a standard or

18  basic health benefit plan policy or contract or flexible

19  limited benefit policy or contract offered to a small employer

20  is not subject to any provision of this code which:

21         1.  Inhibits a small employer carrier from contracting

22  with providers or groups of providers with respect to health

23  care services or benefits;

24         2.  Imposes any restriction on a small employer

25  carrier's ability to negotiate with providers regarding the

26  level or method of reimbursing care or services provided under

27  a health benefit plan; or

28         3.  Requires a small employer carrier to either include

29  a specific provider or class of providers when contracting for

30  health care services or benefits or to exclude any class of

31  providers that is generally authorized by statute to provide

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 913

    Amendment No. 7 (for drafter's use only)





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  2         (d)  Notwithstanding chapter 641, a health maintenance

  3  organization is authorized to issue contracts providing

  4  benefits equal to the standard health benefit plan, the basic

  5  health benefit plan, and the flexible limited benefit policy

  6  authorized by this section.

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  9  == D I R E C T O R Y   L A N G U A G E   A M E N D M E N T ==

10  And the directory language is amended as follows:

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12  remove:  all of said line

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14  and insert:  subsection (12), and paragraphs (a), (b), and (d)

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