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, |