| HOUSE AMENDMENT | 
                             
                            
                              | Bill No. HB 723 CS | 
                             
                           
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                CHAMBER ACTION | 
              
              
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											Representative Clarke offered the following: | 
              
              
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											Amendment (with title amendment) | 
              
              
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											Between lines 128 and 129, insert: | 
              
              
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											Section 2.  Subsection (4) of section 624.406, Florida | 
              
              
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									Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
              
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											624.406  Combinations of insuring powers, one insurer.--An | 
              
              
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									insurer which otherwise qualifies therefor may be authorized to | 
              
              
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									transact any one kind or combination of kinds of insurance as | 
              
              
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									defined in part V except: | 
              
              
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											(4)  A health insurer may also transact excess insurance, | 
              
              
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									specific and aggregate, for self-insurers of a plan of health | 
              
              
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									insurance and multiple-employer welfare arrangements and  | 
              
              
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									reinsurance for the medical and lost wages benefits provided  | 
              
              
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									under a workers’ compensation insurance policy. | 
              
              
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											Section 3.  Section 624.603, Florida Statutes, is amended | 
              
              
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											624.603  "Health insurance" defined.--"Health insurance," | 
              
              
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									also known as "disability insurance," is insurance of human | 
              
              
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									beings against bodily injury, disablement, or death by accident | 
              
              
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									or accidental means, or the expense thereof, or against | 
              
              
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									disablement or expense resulting from sickness, and every | 
              
              
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									insurance appertaining thereto. Health insurance does not | 
              
              
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									include workers' compensation coverages, except as provided in  | 
              
              
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									s. 624.406(4). | 
              
              
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											================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================= | 
              
              
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											Remove line(s) 15, and insert: | 
              
              
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											enrollment to certain residents; amending s. 624.406, F.S.; | 
              
              
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									providing for reinsurance under a workers’ compensation | 
              
              
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									insurance policy; amending s. 624.603, F.S.; providing an | 
              
              
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									exception to include workers’ compensation coverages under | 
              
              
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									health insurance; creating s. 627.6042, |