Florida Senate - 2013 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1046
Barcode 641612
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
04/22/2013 .
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The Committee on Appropriations (Richter) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 1341 - 1411
4 and insert:
5 (d) Transfer all records to the Department of Financial
6 Services, which shall serve as custodian of such records.
7 (e) Execute a legal dissolution of the association and
8 report such action to the Chief Financial Officer, the Insurance
9 Commissioner, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
10 the House of Representatives.
11 (2) The office shall, after consultation with the health
12 insurers licensed in this state, adopt a market assistance plan
13 to assist in the placement of risks of Florida Comprehensive
14 Health Association applicants. All health insurers and health
15 maintenance organizations licensed in this state shall
16 participate in the plan.
17 (3) Guidelines for the use of such program shall be a part
18 of the association’s plan of operation. The guidelines shall
19 describe which types of applications are to be exempt from
20 submission to the market assistance plan. An exemption shall be
21 based upon a determination that due to a specific health
22 condition an applicant is ineligible for coverage in the
23 standard market. The guidelines shall also describe how the
24 market assistance plan is to be conducted, and how the periodic
25 reviews to depopulate the association are to be conducted.
26 (4) If a carrier is found through the market assistance
27 plan, the individual shall apply to that company. If the
28 individual’s application is accepted, association coverage shall
29 terminate upon the effective date of the coverage with the
30 private carrier. For the purpose of applying a preexisting
31 condition limitation or exclusion, any carrier accepting a risk
32 pursuant to this section shall provide coverage as if it began
33 on the date coverage was effectuated on behalf of the
34 association, and shall be indemnified by the association for
35 claims costs incurred as a result of utilizing such effective
36 date.
37 (5) The association shall establish a policyholder
38 assistance program by July 1, 1991, to assist in placing
39 eligible policyholders in other coverage programs, including
40 Medicare and Medicaid.
41 Section 35. Section 627.64872, Florida Statutes, is
42 repealed.
43 Section 36. Effective October 1, 2015, sections 627.648,
44 627.6482, 627.6484, 627.6486, 627.6488, 627.6489, 627.649,
45 627.6492, 627.6494, 627.6496, 627.6498, and 627.6499, Florida
46 Statutes, are repealed.
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49 And the title is amended as follows:
50 Delete lines 157 - 176
51 and insert:
52 Department of Financial Services; repealing s.
53 627.64872, F.S., relating to the Florida Health
54 Insurance Plan; providing for the future repeal of ss.
55 627.648, 627.6482, 627.6484, 627.6486, 627.6488,
56 627.6489, 627.649, 627.6492, 627.6494, 627.6496,
57 627.6498, and 627.6499, F.S., relating to the Florida
58 Comprehensive Health Association Act, definitions,
59 termination of enrollment and availability of other
60 coverage, eligibility, the Florida Comprehensive
61 Health Association, the Disease Management Program,
62 the administrator of the health insurance plan,
63 participation of insurers, insurer assessments,
64 deferment, and assessment limitations, issuing of
65 policies, minimum benefits coverage and exclusions,
66 premiums, and deductibles, and reporting by insurers
67 and third-party administrators, respectively; amending