Florida House Bill 581 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-03 - Died in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits contract between health insurer, prepaid limited health service organization, or HMO & dentist from requiring dentist to provide services at set fee unless the services are covered services; provides covered services are those services listed as entitled benefit under contract; prohibits insurer from providing merely de minimis reimbursement or coverage; requires that fees for covered services be set in good faith & not be nominal; prohibits health insurer, prepaid limited health service organization, or HMO from requiring as condition of contract that dentist participate in discount medical plan; provides for applicability.

Dentists

Sen. Frank Artiles [R]	Rep. Mike Fasano [R]	Sen. Ed Hooper [R]	Rep. John Tobia [R]
Rep. Ronald Renuart [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee
2013-03-26	House	On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 03/28/13, 8:00 am, 404 HOB --Not considered
2013-03-13	House	Now in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee
2013-03-13	House	Favorable by Health Innovation Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
2013-03-11	House	On Committee agenda-- Health Innovation Subcommittee, 03/13/13, 9:00 am, 306 HOB
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-02-12	House	Referred to Health Innovation Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2013-01-31	House	Filed

S0924 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Messages
S1016 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Messages
S1816 (Similar To) 2013-04-29 - Laid on Table

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
627	6474		Amended Code	See Bill Text
636	035		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	315		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/581
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0581/BillText/Filed/PDF