Florida Senate Bill 546 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 25 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Prohibits contracts between health insurers and dentists from containing certain fee requirements set by the insurer under certain circumstances. Prohibits a contract from containing a provision that prohibits a dentist from billing a patient the difference between the amount reimbursed by the insurer and the dentist's normal rate for services under certain circumstances. Prohibits contracts between prepaid limited health service organizations and dentists from containing certain fee requirements set by the organization under certain circumstances, etc.

Dentists

Sen. Don Gaetz [R]	Sen. Alan Hays [R]	Senate Health Regulation Committee	Sen. Jack Latvala [R]
Sen. Eleanor Sobel [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-07		Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2011-04-13		Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 468
2011-04-12		Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations -SJ 473
2011-04-11		Now in Budget -SJ 308
2011-03-30		Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2011-03-28		CS by Health Regulation; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 308
2011-03-23		On Committee agenda-- Health Regulation, 03/28/11, 3:15 pm, 412 Knott Building
2011-03-09		Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 -SJ 163
2011-03-08		Introduced -SJ 48
2011-03-04		On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/09/11, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2011-02-09		Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Regulation; Budget -SJ 48
2011-01-25		Filed

H0367 () 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

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/2011/546
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/0546/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/0546/BillText/c1/HTML