| 1 | Representative(s) Benson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 116 and 117, insert: |
| 5 | Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section |
| 6 | 627.6699, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 627.6699 Employee Health Care Access Act.-- |
| 8 | (4) APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE.-- |
| 9 | (a)1. This section applies to a health benefit plan that |
| 10 | provides coverage to employees of a small employer in this |
| 11 | state, unless the coverage is marketed directly to the |
| 12 | individual employee, and the employer does not contribute |
| 13 | directly or indirectly to the premiums or facilitate the |
| 14 | administration of the coverage in any manner. For the purposes |
| 15 | of this subparagraph, an employer is not deemed to be |
| 16 | contributing to the premiums or facilitating the administration |
| 17 | of coverage if the employer: |
| 18 | a. Does not contribute to the premium and merely collects |
| 19 | the premiums for coverage from an employee's wages or salary |
| 20 | through payroll deduction and submits payment for the premiums |
| 21 | of one or more employees in a lump sum to a carrier; or |
| 22 | b. Directly or indirectly establishes or administers a |
| 23 | health reimbursement account plan for its employees. |
| 24 | 2. A carrier authorized to issue group or individual |
| 25 | health benefit plans under this chapter or chapter 641 may offer |
| 26 | coverage as described in this paragraph to individual employees |
| 27 | without being subject to this section if the employer has not |
| 28 | had a group health benefit plan in place in the prior 6 months. |
| 29 | A carrier authorized to issue group or individual health benefit |
| 30 | plans under this chapter or chapter 641 may offer coverage as |
| 31 | described in this subparagraph to employees that are not |
| 32 | eligible employees as defined in this section, whether or not |
| 33 | the small employer has a group health benefit plan in place. A |
| 34 | carrier that offers coverage as described in this subparagraph |
| 35 | must provide a cancellation notice to the primary insured at |
| 36 | least 10 days prior to canceling the coverage for nonpayment of |
| 37 | premium. |
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| 40 | Remove line 15 and insert: |
| 41 | under group health insurance policies; amending s. 627.6699, |
| 42 | F.S.; revising a provision relating to applicability and scope |
| 43 | of the Employee Health Care Access Act; amending s. 641.31, |