| 1 | The Insurance Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to agent licensing; amending s. 636.044, |
| 7 | F.S.; authorizing certain travel agents to solicit and |
| 8 | sell air ambulance transportation prepaid limited health |
| 9 | service contracts under certain circumstances; providing |
| 10 | requirements; providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Subsection (5) is added to section 636.044, |
| 15 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 16 | 636.044 Agent licensing.-- |
| 17 | (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a |
| 18 | person registered in accordance with part XI of chapter 559 as a |
| 19 | seller of travel may engage in the solicitation and sale of |
| 20 | prepaid limited health service contracts covering the cost of |
| 21 | transportation by air ambulance, as defined in s. 401.23(4), |
| 22 | that is provided by an air ambulance service licensed pursuant |
| 23 | to s. 401.251. The prepaid limited health service contract |
| 24 | providing this coverage is subject to all applicable provisions |
| 25 | of this chapter. |
| 26 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |