Action Packet - Insurance & Banking Subcommittee (January 19, 2022)
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Action packet of the Insurance & Banking Subcommittee for Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 3:30 PM, with Nick DiCeglie as Chair. The committee meeting report lists PCS for HB 431 (Office of Financial Regulation) Favorable, Yeas 17 Nays 0, HB 453 Favorable, Yeas 16, with Amendment 310511 Withdrawn, and HB 557 Favorable, Yeas 17. HB 749 is listed Favorable With Committee Substitute, Yeas 16, with Amendment 156819 Adopted Without Objection. HB 959 is listed Favorable With Committee Substitute, Yeas 16, with Amendments 067791, 330365, 388065 and 643035 each Adopted Without Objection.
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Insurance & Banking
Subcommittee
VVednesday,January19,2022
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Morris Hall (17 HOB)
Action Packet
Chris Sprowls Nick DiCeglie
Speaker Chair
COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/19/2022 3:30PM
Location: Morris Hall (17 HOB)
Summary:
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
Wednesday January 19, 2022 03:30 pm
PCS for HB 431 Favorable Yeas: 17 Nays: 0
HB 453 Favorable Yeas: 16 Nays: o
Amendment 310511 Withdrawn
HB 557 Favorable Yeas: 17 Nays: o
HB 749 Favorable With Committee Substitute Yeas: 16 Nays: o
Amendment 156819 Adopted Without Objection
HB 959 Favorable With Committee Substitute Yeas: 16 Nays: O
Amendment 067791 Adopted Without Objection
Amendment 330365 Adopted Without Objection
Amendment 388065 Adopted Without Objection
Amendment 643035 Adopted Without Objection
Committee meeting was reported out: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:40PM
Print Date: 01/19/2022 06:40 pm Leagls ® Page 1 of 10
COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/19/2022 3:30PM
Location: Morris Hall (17 HOB)
Attendance:
Present Absent Excused
Nick DiCeglie (Chair) X
Webster Barnaby X
Kamia Brown X
Fentrice Driskell X
Tom Fabricio X
Elizabeth Fetterhoff X
Mike Giallombardo X
Brett Hage X
Christine Hunschofsky X
Traci Koster X
Randall Maggard X
Michele Rayner X
David Smith X
John Snyder X
Allison Tant X
Jackie Toledo X
Matt Willhite X
Ardian Zika X
Totals: 17 0 1
Committee meeting was reported out: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:40PM
Print Date: 01/19/2022 06:40 pm Leagis ® Page 2 of 10
COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/19/2022 3:30PM
Location: Morris Hall (17 HOB)
PCS for HB 431 : Office of Financial Regulation
0 Favorable
Yea Nay No Vote Absentee Absentee
Yea Nay
Webster Barnaby X
Kamia Brown X
Fentrice Driskell X
Tom Fabricio X
Elizabeth Fetterhoff X
Mike Giallombardo X
Brett Hage X
Christine Hunschofsky X
Traci Koster X
Randall Maggard X
Michele Rayner X
David Smith X
John Snyder X
Allison Tant X
Jackie Toledo X
Matt Willhite X
Ardian Zika X
Nick DiCeglie (Chair) X
Total Yeas: 17 Total Nays: 0
Appearances:
Office of Financial Regulation
Weigel, Russell (Lobbyist) (State Employee) (Lobbyist Appearance Form Submitted) - Waive In Support
Office of Financial Regulation
200 E. Gaines St 5th Floor, The Fletcher Building
Tallahassee, Florida
Phone: (850)410-9678
Committee meeting was reported out: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:40PM
Print Date: 01/19/2022 06:40 pm Leagis ® Page 3 of 10
COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/19/2022 3:30PM
Location: Morris Hall (17 HOB)
HB 453 : Records of Physical Examinations of Officers
0 Favorable
Yea Nay No Vote Absentee Absentee
Yea Nay
Webster Barnaby X
Kamia Brown X
Fentrice Driskell X
Tom Fabricio X
Elizabeth Fetterhoff X
Mike Giallombardo X
Brett Hage X
Christine Hunschofsky X
Traci Koster X
Randall Maggard X
Michele Rayner X
David Smith X
John Snyder X
Allison Tant X
Jackie Toledo X
Matt Willhite X
Ardian Zika X
Nick DiCeglie (Chair) X
Total Yeas: 16 Total Nays: 0
HB 453 Amendments
Amendment 310511
[!] Withdrawn
Appearances:
Records of Physical Examinations of Officers
Henning, Lisa (Lobbyist) (Lobbyist Appearance Form Submitted) - Proponent
Florida State Fraternal Order of Police
242 Office Plaza Dr
Tallahassee, Florida
Phone: (850) 656-9881
Records of Physical Examinations of Officers
Bernoska "Bernie" Wayne (Lobbyist) - Waive In Support
Florida Professional Firefighters
President
343 W. Madison St.
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Phone: 850-224-7333
Committee meeting was reported out: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:40PM
Print Date: 01/19/2022 06:40 pm Leagis ® Page 4 of 10
COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/19/2022 3:30PM
Location: Morris Hall (17 HOB)
HB 557: Fire Investigator Cancer Treatment Benefits
0 Favorable
Yea Nay No Vote Absentee Absentee
Yea Nay
Webster Barnaby X
Kamia Brown X
Fentrice Driskell X
Tom Fabricio X
Elizabeth Fetterhoff X
Mike Giallombardo X
Brett Hage X
Christine Hunschofsky X
Traci Koster X
Randall Maggard X
Michele Rayner X
David Smith X
John Snyder X
Allison Tant X
Jackie Toledo X
Matt Willhite X
Ardian Zika X
Nick DiCeglie (Chair) X
Total Yeas: 17 Total Nays: O
Appearances:
Fire Investigator Cancer Treatment Benefits
Henning, Lisa (Lobbyist) (Lobbyist Appearance Form Submitted) - Waive In Support
Florida State Fraternal Order of Police
242 Office Plaza Dr
Tallahassee, Florida
Phone: (850) 656-9881
Fire Investigator Cancer Treatment Benefits
Prutsman, Eric (Lobbyist) (Lobbyist Appearance Form Submitted) - Waive In Support
Florida Fire Chiefs Association
PO Box 10448
Tallahassee, Florida 32302
Phone: 850-210-2525
Fire Investigator Cancer Treatment Benefits
Stowers, Austin (Lobbyist) (State Employee) - Waive In Support
CFO & State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis
Legislative Affairs Director
200 E. Gaines St.,
Tallahassee, 32399
Phone: 850-413-5939
Committee meeting was reported out: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:40PM
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COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/19/2022 3:30PM
Location: Morris Hall (17 HOB)
HB 557 : Fire Investigator Cancer Treatment Benefits {continued)
Appearances: {continued)
Fire Investigator Cancer Treatment Benefits
Bernoska "Bernie" Wayne (Lobbyist) - Waive In Support
Florida Professional Firefighters
President
343 W. Madison St.
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Phone: 850-224-7333
Committee meeting was reported out: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:40PM
Print Date: 01/19/2022 06:40 pm Leagis ® Page 6 of 10
COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/19/2022 3:30PM
Location: Morris Hall (17 HOB)
HB 749: Fraud Prevention
0 Favorable With Committee Substitute
Yea Nay No Vote Absentee Absentee
Yea Nay
Webster Barnaby X
Kamia Brown X
Fentrice Driskell X
Tom Fabricio X
Elizabeth Fetterhoff X
Mike Giallombardo X
Brett Hage X
Christine Hunschofsky X
Traci Koster X
Randall Maggard X
Michele Rayner X
David Smith X
John Snyder X
Allison Tant X
Jackie Toledo X
Matt Willhite X
Ardian Zika X
Nick DiCeglie (Chair) X
Total Yeas: 16 Total Nays: o
HB 749 Amendments
Amendment 156819
[!] Adopted Without Objection
Appearances:
Fraud Prevention
Cassel, Hillary - Waive In Support
Florida Policyholders Cooperative
5430 SE 39th Way
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33316
Phone: 561-202-5713
Fraud Prevention
Carter, Tasha (Lobbyist) (State Employee) - Waive In Support
Office of the Insurance Consumer Advocate
Insurance Consumer Advocate
200 E. Gaines St.
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Phone: 850-413-2868
Committee meeting was reported out: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:40PM
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COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/19/2022 3:30PM
Location: Morris Hall ( 17 HOB)
HB 749 : Fraud Prevention (continued)
Appearances: (continued)
Fraud Prevention
Handerhan, Paul (Lobbyist) (Lobbyist Appearance Form Submitted) - Waive In Support
Florida Association for Insurance Reform
120 S Monroe St
Tallahassee, Florida
Phone: (850) 727-7087
Fraud Prevention
Handerhan, Paul (Lobbyist) (Lobbyist Appearance Form Submitted) - Waive In Support
Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters
120 S Monroe St
Tallahassee, Florida
Phone: (850) 727-7087
Fraud Prevention
Stowers, Austin (Lobbyist) (State Employee) - Waive In Support
CFO Jimmy Patronis
Legislative Affairs Director
200 E. Gaines St.,
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Phone: 850-413-5939
Fraud Prevention
Fernandez, Edda (Lobbyist) (Lobbyist Appearance Form Submitted) - Waive In Support
AARP
AARP Associate State Director Advocacy
215 S Monroe St Suite #603
Tallahassee, Florida
Phone: (786) 804-4508
Amendment 156819
Fraud Prevention
Garcia, Reggie (Lobbyist) - Waive In Support
Florida Justice Association
218 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Phone: 850-933-7150
Committee meeting was reported out: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:40PM
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COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/19/2022 3:30PM
Location: Morris Hall (17 HOB)
HB 959 : Department of Financial Services
0 Favorable With Committee Substitute
Yea Nay No Vote Absentee Absentee
Yea Nay
Webster Barnaby X
Kamia Brown X
Fentrice Driskell X
Tom Fabricio X
Elizabeth Fetterhoff X
Mike Giallombardo X
Brett Hage X
Christine Hunschofsky X
Traci Koster X
Randall Maggard X
Michele Rayner X
David Smith X
John Snyder X
Allison Tant X
Jackie Toledo X
Matt Willhite X
Ardian Zika X
Nick DiCeglie (Chair) X
Total Yeas: 16 Total Nays: O
HB 959 Amendments
Amendment 067791
[!] Adopted Without Objection
Amendment 330365
[!] Adopted Without Objection
Amendment 388065
[!] Adopted Without Objection
Amendment 643035
[!] Adopted Without Objection
Committee meeting was reported out: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:40PM
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COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT
Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/19/2022 3:30PM
Location: Morris Hall (17 HOB)
HB 959 : Department of Financial Services (continued}
Appearances:
Department of Financial Services
Handerhan, Paul (Lobbyist) (Lobbyist Appearance Form Submitted) - Waive In Support
Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters
120 S Monroe St
Tallahassee, Florida
Phone: (850) 727-7087
Department of Financial Services
Handerhan, Paul (Lobbyist) (Lobbyist Appearance Form Submitted) - Waive In Support
Florida Association for Insurance Reform
120 S Monroe St
Tallahassee, Florida
Phone: (850) 727-7087
Department of Financial Services
Snowden, Meredith (Lobbyist) - Waive In Support
Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Assoc.
Consultant
150 C. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Phone: 850-510-9257
Department of Financial Services
Stowers, Austin (Lobbyist) (State Employee) - Waive In Support
Department of Financial Services
Legislative Affairs Director
200 E. Gaines St.,
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Phone: 850-413-5939
Department of Financial Services
Carter, Tasha (Lobbyist) (State Employee) - Waive In Support
Office of the Insurance Consumer Advocate
Insurance Consumer Advocate
200 E. Gaines St.
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Phone: 850-413-2868
Amendment 643035
Department of Financial Services
Garcia, Reggie (Lobbyist) - Waive In Support
Florida Justice Association
218 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Phone: 850-933-7150
Committee meeting was reported out: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:40PM
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COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 453 (2022)
COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE ACTION
ADOPTED (Y/N)
ADOPTED AS AMENDED (Y/N)
ADOPTED W/0 OBJECTION (Y/N)
FAILED TO ADOPT (Y/N)
WITHDRAWN ~Y/N)
OTHER
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2 Subcommittee
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3 Representative Duggan offered the following:
4
5 Amendment (with title amendment)
6 Remove line 46 and insert:
7 Section 2. Paragraph (1) (a) of Section 112.18, Florida
8 Statutes, is amended to read:
9 112.18 - Firefighters and law enforcement or correctional
10 officers; special provisions relative to disability.
11 (1) (a) Any condition or impairment of health of any Florida
12 state, municipal, county, port authority, special tax district,
13 or fire control district firefighter or any law enforcement
14 officer, correctional officer, or correctional probation officer
15 as defined ins. 943.10(1), (2), or (3) caused by tuberculosis,
16 heart disease, or hypertension resulting in total or partial
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17 disability or death shall be presumed to have been
18 accidental and to have been suffered in the line of duty unless
19 the contrary be shown by competent evidence. However, any such
20 firefighter or law enforcement officer must have successfully
21 passed a physical examination upon entering into any such
22 service as a firefighter or law enforcement officer, which
23 examination failed to reveal any evidence of any such
24 condition. The medical examination required bys. 633.412(5),
25 F.S., may serve as a physical examination upon entering service
26 for a firefighter. Such presumption does not apply to benefits
27 payable under or granted in a policy of life insurance or
28 disability insurance, unless the insurer and insured have
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30
31
32
negotiated for such additional benefits to be included in the
policy contract.
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
33
34
35 T I T L E A ME N D ME N T
36 Remove line 7 and insert:
37 Amending s. 112.18, F.S.; authorizing use of specified physical
38 examination for a presumption; providing an effective date.
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COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 749 (2022)
COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE ACTION
ADOPTED (Y/N)
ADOPTED AS AMENDED (Y/N)
ADOPTED W/0 OBJECTION 7 (Y /N)
FAILED TO ADOPT (Y /N)
WITHDRAWN (Y/N)
OTHER
1 Committee/Subcommittee hearing bill: Insurance & Banking
2 Subcommittee
•
3 Representative Clemons offered the following:
4
5 Amendment (with title amendment)
6 Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:
7 Section 1. Section 324.252, Florida Statutes, is created
8 to read:
9 324.252 Electronic insurance verification.-
10 (l)In order to empower drivers in this state and reduce the
11 incidence of automobile insurance fraud within this state, by
12 July 1, 2023, the electronic credentialing system, as defined in
13 s. 322.032(1), must display driver vehicle registration and
14 insurance information, provide a driver with notification of any
15 lapse in his or her insurance coverage needed for compliance
16 with the financial responsibility requirements of this chapter,
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17 and allow the driver to update his or her policy information via
18 the system.
19 (2) By October 1, 2023, the department shall provide the
20 Legislature with recommendations on the means by which the
21 department, law enforcement agencies, and other entities
22 authorized by the department may electronically verify a
23 driver's compliance with the financial responsibility
24 requirements of this chapter.
25 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 501.165, Florida
26 Statutes, is amended to read:
27 501.165 Automatic renewal of service contracts.-
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28 (2) SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH AUTOMATIC RENEWAL PROVISIONS.-
29 {a) ~ AFty seller that sells, leases, or offers to sell or
30 lease any service to a consumer pursuant to a service contract
31 that has an automatic renewal provision, unless the consumer
32 cancels that contract, shall disclose the automatic renewal
33 provision clearly and conspicuously in the contract or contract
34 offer.
35 (b) ~ AFty seller that sells or offers to sell any service
36 to a consumer pursuant to a service contract the term of which
37 is a specified period of 12 months or more and that
38 automatically renews for a specified period of more than 1
39 month, unless the consumer cancels the contract, shall provide
40 the consumer with written or electronic notification of the
41 automatic renewal provision. Notification shall be provided to
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42 the consumer no less than 30 days or no more than 60 days before
43 the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal
44 provision. Such notification shall disclose clearly and
45 conspicuously:
46 1. That unless the consumer cancels the contract the
47 contract will automatically renew.
48 2. Methods by which the consumer may obtain details of the
49 automatic renewal provision and cancellation procedure, whether
50 by contacting the seller at a specified telephone number or
51 address, by referring to the contract, or by any other method.
52 (c) A seller that fails to comply with the requirements of
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53 this subsection violates is in violation of this subsection
54 unless the seller demonstrates that:
55 1. As part of the seller's routine business practice, the
56 seller has established and implemented written procedures to
57 comply with this section and enforces compliance with the
58 procedures;
59 2. Any failure to comply with this subsection is the
60 result of error; and
61 3. As part of the seller's routine business practice,
62 where an error has caused the failure to comply with this
63 subsection, the unearned portion of the contract subject to the
64 automatic renewal provision is refunded as of the date on which
65 the seller is notified of the error.
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66 (d) A seller shall allow a consumer to cancel a service
67 contract that has an automatic renewal provision in the same
68 manner, and by the same means, as the service contract was
69 entered into.
70 J_§.1 This subsection does not apply to:
71 1. A financial institution as defined ins. 655.005 or any
72 depository institution as defined in 12 U.S.C. s. 1813(c) (2).
73 2. A foreign bank maintaining a branch or agency licensed
74 under the laws of any state of the United States.
75 3. Any subsidiary or affiliate of an entity described in
76 subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2.
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77 4. A health studio as defined ins. 501.0125.
78 5. Any entity licensed under chapter 624, chapter 627,
79 chapter 634, chapter 636, or chapter 641.
80 6. Any electric utility as defined ins. 366.02.
81 7. Any private company as defined ins. 180.05 providing
82 services described in chapter 180 which is competing against a
83 governmental entity or has a governmental entity providing
84 billing services on its behalf.
85 J. .fl:+e+ A violation of this subsection renders the automatic
86 renewal provision void and unenforceable.
87 Section 3. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (22) of
88 section 626.854, Florida Statutes, are amended, and paragraph
89 (a) of that subsection is republished, to read:
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90 626.854 ''Public adjuster" defined; prohibitions.-The
91 Legislature finds that it is necessary for the protection of the
92 public to regulate public insurance adjusters and to prevent the
93 unauthorized practice of law.
94 (22) (a) Any following act by a public adjuster, a public
95 adjuster apprentice, or a person acting on behalf of a public
96 adjuster or public adjuster apprentice is prohibited and shall
97 result in discipline as applicable under this part:
98 1. Offering to a residential property owner a rebate,
99 gift, gift card, cash, coupon, waiver of any insurance
100 deductible, or any other thing of value in exchange for:
101 a. Allowing a contractor, a public adjuster, a public
.102 adjuster apprentice, or a person acting on behalf of a public
103 adjuster or public adjuster apprentice to conduct an inspection
104 of the residential property owner's roof; or
105 b. Making an insurance claim for damage to the residential
106 property owner's roof.
107 2. Offering, delivering, receiving, or accepting any
108 compensation, inducement, or reward for the referral of any
109 services for which property insurance proceeds would be used for
110 roofing repairs or replacement.
111 (b) Notwithstanding the fine set forth ins. 626.8698, a
112 public adjuster or public adjuster apprentice may be subject to
113 a fine not to exceed $10,000 per act for a violation of this
114 subsection and a fine not to exceed $20,000 per act for a
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115 violation of this subsection that occurs during a state of
116 emergency declared by executive order or proclamation of the
117 Governor pursuant to s. 252.36.
118 (c) A person who engages in an act prohibited by this
119 subsection and who is not a public adjuster or a public adjuster
120 apprentice, or is not otherwise exempt from licensure, is guilty
121 of the unlicensed practice of public adjusting and may be:
122 1. Subject to all applicable penalties set forth in this
123 part.
124 2. Notwithstanding subparagraph 1., subject to a fine not
125 to exceed $10,000 per act for a violation of this subsection and
126 a fine not to exceed $20,000 per act for a violation of this
.127 subsection that occurs during a state of emergency declared by
128 executive order or proclamation of the Governor pursuant to s.
129 252.36.
130 Section 4. Present subsections (7), (8), and (9) of
131 section 626.989, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
132 subsections (9), (10), and (11), respectively, new subsections
133 (7) and (8) and subsection (12) are added to that section, and
134 subsection (6) of that section is amended, to read:
135 626.989 Investigation by department or Division of
136 Investigative and Forensic Services; compliance; immunity;
137 confidential information; reports to division; division
138 investigator's power of arrest.-
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139 (6) Any person, other than an insurer, agent, or other
140 person licensed under the code, or an employee thereof, having
141 knowledge or who believes that a fraudulent insurance act or any
142 other act or practice which, upon conviction, constitutes a
143 felony or a misdemeanor under the code, or under s. 817.234, is
144 being or has been committed may send to the Division of
145 Investigative and Forensic Services a report or information
146 pertinent to such knowledge or belief and such additional
147 information relative thereto as the department may request. Any
148 professional practitioner licensed or regulated by the
149 Department of Business and Professional Regulation, except as
150 otherwise provided by law, any medical review committee as
.151 defined ins. 766.101, any private medical review committee, and
152 any insurer, agent, or other person licensed under the code, or
153 an employee thereof, having knowledge or who believes that a
154 fraudulent insurance act or any other act or practice which,
155 upon conviction, constitutes a felony or a misdemeanor under the
156 code, or under s. 817.234, is being or has been committed shall
157 send to the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services a
158 report or information pertinent to such knowledge or belief and
159 such additional information relative thereto as the department
160 may require.
161 ( 7) If an insurer fails or otherwise refuses to comply
162 with this section, the department may impose an administrative
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163 fine of not more than $2,000 per day for such failure until the
164 department deems the insurer to be in compliance.
165 JJU. The Division of Investigative and Forensic Services
166 shall review such information or reports and select such
167 information or reports as, in its judgment, may require further
168 investigation. It shall then cause an independent examination of
169 the facts surrounding such information or report to be made to
170 determine the extent, if any, to which a fraudulent insurance
171 act or any other act or practice which, upon conviction,
172 constitutes a felony or a misdemeanor under the code, or under
173 s. 817.234, is being committed. The Division of Investigative
174 and Forensic Services shall report any alleged violations of law
.175 which its investigations disclose to the appropriate licensing
176 agency and state attorney or other prosecuting agency having
177 jurisdiction with respect to any such violation, as provided in
178 s. 624.310. If prosecution by the state attorney or other
179 prosecuting agency having jurisdiction with respect to such
180 violation is not begun within 60 days of the division's report,
181 the state attorney or other prosecuting agency having
182 jurisdiction with respect to such violation shall inform the
183 division of the reasons for the lack of prosecution.
184 (12) The Division of Investigative and Forensic Services
185 may adopt reasonable rules as are necessary to administer this
186 section. Such rules must meet all of the following requirements:
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187 {a) They may not enlarge upon or extend the provisions of
188 this section.
189 {b) They must identify specific factors that determine the
190 grades of penalty.
191 {c) They must specify mitigating and aggravating factors
192 for a violation of this section.
193 Section 5. Subsection (9) of section 633.126, Florida
194 Statutes, is amended, subsection (10) is added to that section,
195 and subsection (2) of that section is republished, to read:
196 633.126 Investigation of fraudulent insurance claims and
197 crimes; immunity of insurance companies supplying information.-
198 (2) If an insurance company has reason to suspect that a
.199 fire or explosion loss to its insured's real or personal
200 property was caused by intentional means, the company shall
201 notify the State Fire Marshal and shall furnish her or him with
202 all material acquired by the company during its investigation.
203 The State Fire Marshal may adopt rules to implement this
204 subsection.
205 ( 9) If an insurance company fails or otherwise refuses to
206 comply with this section, the department may impose an
207 administrative fine of not more than $2,000 per day for such
208 failure until the department deems the insurance company to be
209 in compliance A person who willfully violates this seetion
210 eoFAHtits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
211 provided ins. 775.082 ors. 775.083.
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212 ( 10) The Division of Investigative and Forensic Services
213 may adopt reasonable rules as are necessary to administer this
214 section. Such rules must meet all of the following requirements:
215 (a) They may not enlarge upon or extend the provisions of
216 this section.
217 (b) They must identify specific factors that determine the
218 grades of penalty.
219 (c) They must specify mitigating and aggravating factors
220 for a violation of this section.
221 Section 6. Effective January 1, 2023, present paragraphs
222 (b), (c), and (d) of subsection (3) of section 634. 095, Florida
223 Statutes, are redesignated as paragraphs (d), (e), and (f),
.224 respectively, new paragraphs (b) and (c) are added to that
225 subsection, and paragraph (a) of that subsection is amended, to
226 read:
227 634.095 Prohibited acts.-Any service agreement company or
228 salesperson that engages in one or more of the following acts
229 is, in addition to any applicable denial, suspension,
230 revocation, or refusal to renew or continue any appointment or
231 license, guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree,
232 punishable as provided ins. 775.082 ors. 775.083:
233 (3) Issuing or causing to be issued any advertisement that
234 which:
235 (a) Does not fully disclose in a written advertisement, in
236 at least 12-point, boldface boldfaced typeL the name, address,
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237 and Florida Company Code lieenoe nuFRber of the service agreement
238 company.
239 (b) Does not fully disclose in a radio or television
240 advertisement the full legal name of the licensed salesperson or
241 the service agreement company.
242 (c) Does not fully identify the soliciting licensed
243 salesperson's full legal name and license number when the
244 salesperson begins, and the soliciting salesperson's telephone
245 number when the salesperson concludes, each outbound telephone
246 solicitation. For the purposes of this paragraph, the actual
247 telephone number of the salesperson may be the number on file
248 with the department or the number at which the salesperson may
.249 be contacted.
250 Section 7. Subsection (11) of section 775.15, Florida
251 Statutes, is amended to read:
252 775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations;
253 exceptions.-
254 ( 11) A prosecution for a felony violation of s. 440.105 or
255 s. 817.234 so. 440.105 and 817.234 must be commenced within 5
256 years after the violation is committed.
257 Section 8. Subsection (5) of section 817.234, Florida
258 Statutes, is amended to read:
259 817.234 False and fraudulent insurance claims.-
260 (5)...@1_ Any insurer damaged as a result of a violation of
261 any provision of this section when there has been a criminal
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262 adjudication of guilt shall have a cause of action to recover
263 compensatory damages, plus all reasonable investigation and
264 litigation expenses, including attorney attorneys' fees, at the
265 trial and appellate courts.
266 (b) If an insurer damaged as a result of a violation of
267 any provision of this section has reported the possible
268 fraudulent insurance act to the Division of Investigative and
269 Forensic Services pursuant to s. 626.9891 and if there has been
270 a criminal adjudication of guilt, the insurer is entitled to
271 recover reasonable investigation and litigation expenses,
272 including attorney fees, at the trial and appellate courts.
273 Section 9. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
.274 act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law
275
276
277 T I T L E A ME N D ME N T
278 Remove everything before the enacting clause and insert:
279 An act relating to fraud prevention; creating s. 324.252, F.S.;
280 requiring that the electronic credentialing system display
281 certain vehicle information for specified purposes by a
282 specified date; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and
283 Motor Vehicles to provide the Legislature with recommendations
284 for compliance verification with certain financial
285 responsibility requirements by a specified date; amending s.
286 501.165, F.S.; requiring sellers to allow consumers to cancel in
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287 a specified manner and by specified means service contracts that
288 have automatic renewal provisions; amending s. 626.854, F.S.;
289 revising maximum fines for public adjusters and public adjuster
290 apprentices for certain violations under a specified
291 circumstance; revising maximum fines for certain violations by
292 certain persons under a specified circumstance; amending s.
293 626.989, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Financial Services
294 to impose an administrative fine on insurers under certain
295 circumstances; authorizing the Division of Investigative and
296 Forensic Services to adopt certain rules; amending s. 633.126,
297 F.S.; authorizing the department to impose an administrative
298 fine on insurance companies under certain circumstances;
.299 deleting criminal penalties; authorizing the division to adopt
300 certain rules; amending s. 634.095, F.S.; revising requirements
301 for advertisements issued or caused to be issued by service
302 agreement companies or salespersons; amending s. 775.15, F.S.;
303 revising felony violations for which prosecutions must be
304 commenced within a specified timeframe; amending s. 817.234,
305 F.S.; providing that certain insurers are entitled to recover
306 specified expenses at the trial and appellate courts under
307 certain circumstances; providing effective dates.
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2 Subcommittee
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3 Representative LaMarca offered the following:
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5 Amendment (with title amendment)
6 Remove lines 710-1171 and insert:
7 subsection (5) within £110 busiRcss days after receipt of the
8 written request of the department, such failure shall be deemed
9 an immediate serious danger to public health, safety, or welfare
10 sufficient to justify service by the department of a stop-work
11 order on the employer, requiring the cessation of all business
12 operations. If the department makes such a determination, the
13 department shall issue a stop-work order within 72 hours. The
14 order shall take effect when served upon the employer or, for a
15 particular employer worksite, when served at that worksite. In
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16 addition to serving a stop-work order at a particular worksite
17 which shall be effective immediately, the department shall
18 immediately proceed with service upon the employer which shall
19 be effective upon all employer worksites in the state for which
20 the employer is not in compliance. A stop-work order may be
21 served with regard to an employer's worksite by posting a copy
22 of the stop-work order in a conspicuous location at the
23 worksite. Information related to an employer's stop-work order
24 shall be made available on the division's website, be updated
25 daily, and remain on the website for at least 5 years. The order
26 shall remain in effect until the department issues an order
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27 releasing the stop-work order upon a finding that the employer
28 has come into compliance with the coverage requirements of this
29 chapter and has paid any penalty assessed under this section.
30 The department may issue an order of conditional release from a
31 stop-work order to an employer upon a finding that the employer
32 has complied with the coverage requirements of this chapter,
33 paid a penalty of $1,000 as a down
34 payment, and agreed to remit periodic payments of the remaining
35 penalty amount pursuant to a payment agreement schedule with the
36 department or pay the remaining penalty amount in full. An
37 employer may not enter into a payment agreement schedule unless
38 the employer has fully paid any previous penalty assessed under
39 this section. If an order of conditional release is issued,
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40 failure by the employer to pay the penalty in full or enter into
41 a payment agreement with the department within ll ~ days after
42 service of the first penalty assessment calculation stop ·.10rk
43 order upon the employer, or to meet any term or condition of
44 such penalty payment agreement, shall result in the immediate
45 reinstatement of the stop-work order and the entire unpaid
46 balance of the penalty shall become immediately due.
47 (d) 1. In addition to any penalty, stop-work order, or
48 injunction, the department shall assess against an aftY employer
49 who has failed to secure the payment of compensation as required
50 by this chapter a penalty equal to 2 times the amount the
51 employer would have paid in premium when applying approved
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53
54
55
manual rates to the employer's payroll during periods for which
it failed to secure the payment of workers' compensation
required by this chapter within the preceding 12-month 2 year
period or $1,000, whichever is greater. However, for an employer
56 who is issued a stop-work order for materially understating or
57 concealing payroll or has been previously issued a stop-work
58 order or order of penalty assessment, the preceding 24-month
59 period shall be used to calculate the penalty as specified in
60 this subparagraph.
61 a. For an employer emplo:ters who has fltt¥e not been
62 previously issued a stop-work order or order of penalty
63 assessment, the department must allow the employer to receive a
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64 credit for the initial payment of the estimated annual workers'
65 compensation policy premium, as determined by the carrier, to be
66 applied to the penalty. Before applying the credit to the
67 penalty, the employer must provide the department with
68 documentation reflecting that the employer has secured the
69 payment of compensation pursuant to s. 440.38 and proof of
70 payment to the carrier. In order for the department to apply a
71 credit for an employer that has secured workers' compensation
72 for leased employees by entering into an employee leasing
73 contract with a licensed employee leasing company, the employer
74 must provide the department with a written confirmation, by a
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75 representative from the employee leasing company, of the dollar
76 or percentage amount attributable to the initial estimated
77 workers' compensation expense for leased employees, and proof of
78 payment to the employee leasing company. The credit may not be
79 applied unless the employer provides the documentation and proof
80 of payment to the department within £1 ~ days after the
81 employer's receipt of the written request to produce business
82 records for calculating the penalty under this subparagraph
83 servioe of the stop worlc order or first order of penalty
84 assessment upon the employer.
85 b. For an employer employers who has fTa¥e- not been
86 previously issued a stop-work order or order of penalty
87 assessment, the department must reduce the final assessed
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88 penalty by 25 percent if the employer has complied with
89 administrative rules adopted pursuant to subsection (5) and has
90 provided such business records to the department within 21 ±G-
91 business days after the employer's receipt of the written
92 request to produce business records for calculating the penalty
93 under this subparagraph.
94 c. For an employer who has not been previously issued a
95 stop-work order or order of penalty assessment, the department
96 must reduce the final assessed penalty by 15 percent if the
97 employer correctly answers at least 80 percent of the questions
98 from an online workers' compensation coverage and compliance
99 tutorial, developed by the department, within 21 days after the
.100 employer's receipt of the written request to produce business
101 records for calculating the penalty under this subparagraph. The
102 online tutorial must be taken in a department office location
103 identified by rule.
104
105 e-.- The $1,000 penalty shall be assessed against the employer
106 even if the calculated penalty after the credit provided in sub-
107 subparagraph a.' the a-n-a 25 percent reduction provided in sub-
108 subparagraph b.' and the 15 percent reduction provided in sub-
109 subparagraph C. I as applicable, have been applied is less than
110 $1,000.
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111 2. Any subsequent violation within 5 years after the most
112 recent violation shall, in addition to the penalties set forth
113 in this subsection, be deemed a knowing act within the meaning
114 of s. 440.105.
115 Section 14. Subsection (12) of section 440.13, Florida
116 Statutes, is amended to read:
117 440.13 Medical services and supplies; penalty for
118 violations; limitations.-
119 (12) CREATION OF THREE-MEMBER PANEL; GUIDES OF MAXIMUM
120 REIMBURSEMENT ALLOWANCES.-
121 (a) A three-member panel is created, consisting of the
122 Chief Financial Officer, or the Chief Financial Officer's
.123 designee, and two members to be appointed by the Governor,
124 subject to confirmation by the Senate, one member who, on
125 account of present or previous vocation, employment, or
126 affiliation, shall be classified as a representative of
127 employers, the other member who, on account of previous
128 vocation, employment, or affiliation, shall be classified as a
129 representative of employees. The panel shall determine statewide
130 schedules of maximum reimbursement allowances for medically
131 necessary treatment, care, and attendance provided by
132 physicians, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, work-
133 hardening programs, pain programs, and durable medical
134 equipment. The maximum reimbursement allowances for inpatient
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135 hospital care shall be based on a schedule of per diem rates, to
136 be approved by the three-member panel no later than March 1,
137 1994, to be used in conjunction with a precertification manual
138 as determined by the department, including maximum hours in
139 which an outpatient may remain in observation status, which
140 shall not exceed 23 hours. All compensable charges for hospital
141 outpatient care shall be reimbursed at 75 percent of usual and
142 customary charges, except as otherwise provided by this
143 subsection. Annually, the three-member panel shall adopt
144 schedules of maximum reimbursement allowances for physicians,
145 hospital inpatient care, hospital outpatient care, ambulatory
146 surgical centers, work-hardening programs, and pain programs. An
.147 individual physician, hospital, ambulatory surgical center, pain
148 program, or work-hardening program shall be reimbursed:
149 1. either The agreed-upon contract price~ or
150 2. If there is no agreed-upon contract price, the lesser
151 of the provider's billed charge or the maximum reimbursement
152 allowance in the appropriate schedule.
153 (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to increase the
154 schedule of maximum reimbursement allowances for selected
155 physicians effective January 1, 2004, and to pay for the
156 increases through reductions in payments to hospitals. Revisions
157 developed pursuant to this subsection are limited to the
158 following:
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159 1. Payments for outpatient physical, occupational, and
160 speech therapy provided by hospitals shall be reduced to the
161 schedule of maximum reimbursement allowances for these services
162 which applies to nonhospital providers.
163 2. Payments for scheduled outpatient nonemergency
164 radiological and clinical laboratory services that are not
165 provided in conjunction with a surgical procedure shall be
166 reduced to the schedule of maximum reimbursement allowances for
167 these services which applies to nonhospital providers.
168 3. Outpatient reimbursement for scheduled surgeries shall
169 be reduced from 75 percent of charges to 60 percent of charges.
170 4. Maximum reimbursement for a physician licensed under
.171 chapter 458 or chapter 459 shall be increased to 110 percent of
172 the reimbursement allowed by Medicare, using appropriate codes
173 and modifiers or the medical reimbursement level adopted by the
174 three-member panel as of January 1, 2003, whichever is greater.
175 5. Maximum reimbursement for surgical procedures shall be
176 increased to 140 percent of the reimbursement allowed by
177 Medicare or the medical reimbursement level adopted by the
178 three-member panel as of January 1, 2003, whichever is greater.
179 (c) As to reimbursement for a prescription medication, the
180 reimbursement amount for a prescription shall be the average
181 wholesale price plus $4.18 for the dispensing fee. For
182 repackaged or relabeled prescription medications dispensed by a
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183 dispensing practitioner as provided ins. 465.0276, the fee
184 schedule for reimbursement shall be 112.5 percent of the average
185 wholesale price, plus $8.00 for the dispensing fee. For purposes
186 of this subsection, the average wholesale price shall be
187 calculated by multiplying the number of units dispensed times
188 the per-unit average wholesale price set by the original
189 manufacturer of the underlying drug dispensed by the
190 practitioner, based upon the published manufacturer's average
191 wholesale price published in the Medi-Span Master Drug Database
192 as of the date of dispensing. All pharmaceutical claims
193 submitted for repackaged or relabeled prescription medications
194 must include the National Drug Code of the original
.195 manufacturer. Fees for pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical
196 services shall be reimbursable at the applicable fee schedule
197 amount except where the employer or carrier, or a service
198 company, third party administrator, or any entity acting on
199 behalf of the employer or carrier directly contracts with the
200 provider seeking reimbursement for a lower amount.
201 (d) Reimbursement for all fees and other charges for such
202 treatment, care, and attendance, including treatment, care, and
203 attendance provided by any hospital or other health care
204 provider, ambulatory surgical center, work-hardening program, or
205 pain program, must not exceed the amounts provided by the
206 uniform schedule of maximum reimbursement allowances as
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207 determined by the panel or as otherwise provided in this
208 section. This subsection also applies to independent medical
209 examinations performed by health care providers under this
210 chapter. In determining the uniform schedule, the panel shall
211 first approve the data which it finds representative of
212 prevailing charges in the state for similar treatment, care, and
213 attendance of injured persons. Each health care provider, health
214 care facility, ambulatory surgical center, work-hardening
215 program, or pain program receiving workers' compensation
216 payments shall maintain records verifying their usual charges.
217 In establishing the uniform schedule of maximum reimbursement
218 allowances, the panel must consider:
.219 1. The levels of reimbursement for similar treatment,
220 care, and attendance made by other health care programs or
221 third-party providers;
222 2. The impact upon cost to employers for providing a level
223 of reimbursement for treatment, care, and attendance which will
224 ensure the availability of treatment, care, and attendance
225 required by injured workers;
226 3. The financial impact of the reimbursement allowances
227 upon health care providers and health care facilities, including
228 trauma centers as defined ins. 395.4001, and its effect upon
229 their ability to make available to injured workers such
230 medically necessary remedial treatment, care, and attendance.
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231 The uniform schedule of maximum reimbursement allowances must be
232 reasonable, must promote health care cost containment and
233 efficiency with respect to the workers' compensation health care
234 delivery system, and must be sufficient to ensure availability
235 of such medically necessary remedial treatment, care, and
236 attendance to injured workers; and
237 4. The most recent average maximum allowable rate of
238 increase for hospitals determined by the Health Care Board under
239 chapter 408.
240 (e) In addition to establishing the uniform schedule of
241 maximum reimbursement allowances, the panel shall:
242 1. Take testimony, receive records, and collect data to
.243 evaluate the adequacy of the workers' compensation fee schedule,
244 nationally recognized fee schedules and alternative methods of
245 reimbursement to health care providers and health care
246 facilities for inpatient and outpatient treatment and care.
247 2. Survey health care providers and health care facilities to
248 determine the availability and accessibility of workers'
249 compensation health care delivery systems for injured workers.
250 3. Survey carriers to determine the estimated impact on
251 carrier costs and workers' compensation premium rates by
252 implementing changes to the carrier reimbursement schedule or
253 implementing alternative reimbursement methods.
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254 4. Submit recommendations on or before January 15, 2017,
255 and biennially thereafter, to the President of the Senate and
256 the Speaker of the House of Representatives on methods to
257 improve the workers' compensation health care delivery system.
258
259 The department, as requested, shall provide data to the panel,
260 including, but not limited to, utilization trends in the
261 workers' compensation health care delivery system. The
2 62 department shall provide the panel with an annual report
263 regarding the resolution of medical reimbursement disputes and
2 64 any actions pursuant to subsection (8). The department shall
265 provide administrative support and service to the panel to the
.266 extent requested by the panel and may adopt rules necessary to
267 administer this subsection. For prescription medication
268 purchased under the requirements of this subsection, a
269 dispensing practitioner shall not possess such medication unless
270 payment has been made by the practitioner, the practitioner's
271 Section 14. Subsection ( 12) of section 44 0 .13, Florida
272 Statutes, is amended to read:
273 440.13 Medical services and supplies; penalty for
274 violations; limitations.-
275 (12) CREATION OF THREE-MEMBER PANEL; GUIDES OF MAXIMUM
276 REIMBURSEMENT ALLOWANCES.-
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277 (a) A three-member panel is created, consisting of the
278 Chief Financial Officer, or the Chief Financial Officer's
279 designee, and two members to be appointed by the Governor,
280 subject to confirmation by the Senate, one member who, on
281 account of present or previous vocation, employment, or
282 affiliation, shall be classified as a representative of
283 employers, the other member who, on account of previous
284 vocation, employment, or affiliation, shall be classified as a
285 representative of employees. The panel shall determine statewide
286 schedules of maximum reimbursement allowances for medically
287 necessary treatment, care, and attendance provided by
288 physicians, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, work-
.289 hardening programs, pain programs, and durable medical
290 equipment. The maximum reimbursement allowances for inpatient
291 hospital care shall be based on a schedule of per diem rates, to
292 be approved by the three-member panel no later than March 1,
293 1994, to be used in conjunction with a precertification manual
294 as determined by the department, including maximum hours in
295 which an outpatient may remain in observation status, which
296 shall not exceed 23 hours. All compensable charges for hospital
297 outpatient care shall be reimbursed at 75 percent of usual and
298 customary charges, except as otherwise provided by this
299 subsection. Annually, the three-member panel shall adopt
300 schedules of maximum reimbursement allowances for physicians,
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301 hospital inpatient care, hospital outpatient care, ambulatory
302 surgical centers, work-hardening programs, and pain programs. An
303 individual physician, hospital, ambulatory surgical center, pain
304 program, or work-hardening program shall be reimbursed:
305 1. either The agreed-upon contract priceL or
306 2. If there is no agreed-upon contract price, the lesser
307 of the provider's billed charge or the maximum reimbursement
308 allowance in the appropriate schedule.
309 (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to increase the
310 schedule of maximum reimbursement allowances for selected
311 physicians effective January 1, 2004, and to pay for the
312 increases through reductions in payments to hospitals. Revisions
.313 developed pursuant to this subsection are limited to the
314 following:
315 1. Payments for outpatient physical, occupational, and
316 speech therapy provided by hospitals shall be reduced to the
317 schedule of maximum reimbursement allowances for these services
318 which applies to nonhospital providers.
319 2. Payments for scheduled outpatient nonemergency
320 radiological and clinical laboratory services that are not
321 provided in conjunction with a surgical procedure shall be
322 reduced to the schedule of maximum reimbursement allowances for
323 these services which applies to nonhospital providers.
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324 3. Outpatient reimbursement for scheduled surgeries shall
325 be reduced from 75 percent of charges to 60 percent of charges.
326 4. Maximum reimbursement for a physician licensed under
327 chapter 458 or chapter 459 shall be increased to 110 percent of
328 the reimbursement allowed by Medicare, using appropriate codes
329 and modifiers or the medical reimbursement level adopted by the
330 three-member panel as of January 1, 2003, whichever is greater.
331 5. Maximum reimbursement for surgical procedures shall be
332 increased to 140 percent of the reimbursement allowed by
333 Medicare or the medical reimbursement level adopted by the
334 three-member panel as of January 1, 2003, whichever is greater.
335 (c) As to reimbursement for a prescription medication, the
.336 reimbursement amount for a prescription shall be the average
337 wholesale price plus $4.18 for the dispensing fee. For
338 repackaged or relabeled prescription medications dispensed by a
339 dispensing practitioner as provided ins. 465.0276, the fee
340 schedule for reimbursement shall be 112.5 percent of the average
341 wholesale price, plus $8.00 for the dispensing fee. For purposes
342 of this subsection, the average wholesale price shall be
343 calculated by multiplying the number of units dispensed times
344 the per-unit average wholesale price set by the original
345 manufacturer of the underlying drug dispensed by the
346 practitioner, based upon the published manufacturer's average
347 wholesale price published in the Medi-Span Master Drug Database
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348 as of the date of dispensing. All pharmaceutical claims
349 submitted for repackaged or relabeled prescription medications
350 must include the National Drug Code of the original
351 manufacturer. Fees for pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical
352 services shall be reimbursable at the applicable fee schedule
353 amount except where the employer or carrier, or a service
354 company, third party administrator, or any entity acting on
355 behalf of the employer or carrier directly contracts with the
356 provider seeking reimbursement for a lower amount.
357 (d) Reimbursement for all fees and other charges for such
358 treatment, care, and attendance, including treatment, care, and
359 attendance provided by any hospital or other health care
.360 provider, ambulatory surgical center, work-hardening program, or
361 pain program, must not exceed the amounts provided by the
362 uniform schedule of maximum reimbursement allowances as
363 determined by the panel or as otherwise provided in this
364 section. This subsection also applies to independent medical
365 examinations performed by health care providers under this
366 chapter. In determining the uniform schedule, the panel shall
367 first approve the data which it finds representative of
368 prevailing charges in the state for similar treatment, care, and
369 attendance of injured persons. Each health care provider, health
370 care facility, ambulatory surgical center, work-hardening
371 program, or pain program receiving workers' compensation
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372 payments shall maintain records verifying their usual charges.
373 In establishing the uniform schedule of maximum reimbursement
374 allowances, the panel must consider:
375 1. The levels of reimbursement for similar treatment,
376 care, and attendance made by other health care programs or
377 third-party providers;
378 2. The impact upon cost to employers for providing a level
379 of reimbursement for treatment, care, and attendance which will
380 ensure the availability of treatment, care, and attendance
381 required by injured workers;
382 3. The financial impact of the reimbursement allowances
383 upon health care providers and health care facilities, including
• 384 trauma centers as defined ins. 395.4001, and its effect upon
385 their ability to make available to injured workers such
386 medically necessary remedial treatment, care, and attendance.
387 The uniform schedule of maximum reimbursement allowances must be
388 reasonable, must promote health care cost containment and
389 efficiency with respect to the workers' compensation health care
390 delivery system, and must be sufficient to ensure availability
391 of such medically necessary remedial treatment, care, and
392 attendance to injured workers; and
393 4. The most recent average maximum allowable rate of
394 increase for hospitals determined by the Health Care Board under
395 chapter 408.
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396 (e) In addition to establishing the uniform schedule of
397 maximum reimbursement allowances, the panel shall:
398 1. Take testimony, receive records, and collect data to
399 evaluate the adequacy of the workers' compensation fee schedule,
400 nationally recognized fee schedules and alternative methods of
401 reimbursement to health care providers and health care
402 facilities for inpatient and outpatient treatment and care.
403 2. Survey health care providers and health care facilities
404 to determine the availability and accessibility of workers'
405 compensation health care delivery systems for injured workers.
406 3. Survey carriers to determine the estimated impact on
407 carrier costs and workers' compensation premium rates by
.408 implementing changes to the carrier reimbursement schedule or
409 implementing alternative reimbursement methods.
410 4. Submit recommendations on or before January 15, 2017,
411 and biennially thereafter, to the President of the Senate and
412 the Speaker of the House of Representatives on methods to
413 improve the workers' compensation health care delivery system.
414
415 The department, as requested, shall provide data to the panel,
416 including, but not limited to, utilization trends in the
417 workers' compensation health care delivery system. The
418 department shall provide the panel with an annual report
419 regarding the resolution of medical reimbursement disputes and
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420 any actions pursuant to subsection (8). The department shall
421 provide administrative support and service to the panel to the
422 extent requested by the panel and may adopt rules necessary to
423 administer this subsection. For prescription medication
424 purchased under the requirements of this subsection, a
425 dispensing practitioner shall not possess such medication unless
426 payment has been made by the practitioner, the practitioner's
427 professional practice, or the practitioner's practice management
428 company or employer to the supplying manufacturer, wholesaler,
429 distributor, or drug repackager within 60 days of the dispensing
430 practitioner taking possession of that medication.
431 Section 15. Subsection (3) of section 440.185, Florida
.432 Statutes, is amended to read:
433 440.185 Notice of injury or death; reports; penalties for
434 violations.-
435 (3) Within 3 business days after the employer or the
436 employee informs the carrier of an injuryL the carrier shall
437 send by regular mail or e-mail to the injured worker an
438 informational brochure approved by the department which sets
439 forth in clear and understandable language an explanation of the
440 rights, benefits, procedures for obtaining benefits and
441 assistance, criminal penalties, and obligations of injured
442 workers and their employers under the Florida Workers'
443 Compensation Law. Annually, the carrier or its third-party
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444 administrator shall send by regular mail or e-mail to the
445 employer an informational brochure approved by the department
446 which sets forth in clear and understandable language an
447 explanation of the rights, benefits, procedures for obtaining
448 benefits and assistance, criminal penalties, and obligations of
449 injured workers and their employers under the Florida Workers'
450 Compensation Law. All such informational brochures shall contain
451 a notice that clearly states in substance the following: "Any
452 person who, knowingly and with intent to injure, defraud, or
453 deceive any employer or employee, insurance company, or self-
454 insured program, files a statement of claim containing any false
455 or misleading information commits a felony of the third degree."
• 456 Section 16. Subsection (3) of section 440.381, Florida
457 Statutes, is amended to read:
458 440.381 Application for coverage; reporting payroll;
459 payroll audit procedures; penalties.-
460 (3) The Financial Services Commission, in consultation
461 with the department, shall establish by rule minimum
4 62 requirements for audits of payroll and classifications in order
463 to ensure that the appropriate premium is charged for workers'
464 compensation coverage. The rules must shall ensure that audits
465 performed by both carriers and employers are adequate to provide
466 that all sources of payments to employees, subcontractors, and
467 independent contractors are have been reviewed and that the
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468 accuracy of classification of employees is has been verified.
469 The rules must require shall provide that employers in all
470 classes other than the construction class be audited at least
471 not less frequently than biennially and may provide for more
472 frequent audits of employers in specified classifications based
473 on factors such as amount of premium, type of business, loss
474 ratios, or other relevant factors. In no event shall Employers
475 in the construction class, generating more than the amount of
476 premium required to be experience rated must 7 be audited at
477 least less than annually. The annual audits required for
478 construction classes must shall consist of physical onsite
479 audits for policies only if the estimated annual premium is
.480 $10,000 or more. Payroll verification audit rules must include,
481 but need not be limited to, the use of state and federal reports
482 of employee income, payroll and other accounting records,
483 certificates of insurance maintained by subcontractors, and
484 duties of employees. At the completion of an audit, the employer
485 or officer of the corporation and the auditor must print and
486 sign their names on the audit document and attach proof of
487 identification to the audit document.
488 Section 17. Subsection (2) of section 497.277, Florida
489 Statutes, is amended to read:
4 90 497.277 Other charges.-Other than the fees for the sale of
491 burial rights, burial merchandise, and burial services, no other
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4 92 fee may be directly or indirectly charged, contracted for, or
493 received by a cemetery company as a condition for a customer to
494 use any burial right, burial merchandise, or burial service,
495 except for:
496 (2) Charges paid for transferring burial rights from one
4 97 purchaser to another; hor.rnver, no such fee FRay enceed ~ 5 0.
498 Section 18. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
499 497.369, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
500 497.369 Embalmers; licensure as an embalmer by
501 endorsement; licensure of a temporary embalmer.-
502 (1) The licensing authority shall issue a license by
503 endorsement to practice embalming to an applicant who has
.504 remitted an examination fee set by rule of the licensing
505 authority not to exceed $200 and who the licensing authority
506 certifies:
507 (b)l. Holds a valid license in good standing to practice
508 embalming in another state of the United States and has engaged
509 in the full-time, licensed practice of embalming in that state
510 for at least 5 years, provided that, when the applicant secured
511 her or his original license, the requireFRents for licenoure were
512 substantially equivalent to or FRore stringent than those
513 enisting in this state; or
514 2. Meets the qualifications for licensure ins. 497.368,
515 except that the internship requirement shall be deemed to have
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516 been satisfied by 1 year's practice as a licensed embalmer in
517 another state, and has, within 10 years before prior to the date
518 of application, successfully completed a state, regional, or
519 national examination in mortuary science, which, as determined
520 by rule of the licensing authority, is substantially equivalent
521 to or more stringent than the examination given by the licensing
522 authority.
523 Section 19. Paragraphs {b) and {f) of subsection (1) of
524 section 497.372, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
525 497.372 Funeral directing; conduct constituting practice
526 of funeral directing.-
527 (1) The practice of funeral directing shall be construed
.528 to consist of the following functions, which may be performed
529 only by a licensed funeral director:
530 {b) Planning or arranging, on an at-need basis, the
531 details of funeral services, embalming, cremation, or other
532 services relating to the final disposition of human remains, and
533 ineluding the reffioval of sueh reffiains froffi the state, setting
534 the tiffie of the serviees; establishing the type of services to
535 be rendered, aequiring the serviees of the elergy; and obtaining
536 vital inforffiation for the filing of death eertifieates and
537 obtaining of burial transit perffiits.
538 { f) Directing, being in charge or apparent charge of, or
539 supervising, directly or indirectly, any memorial service fte-1-e
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540 prior to or within 72 hours of the burial or cremation, if such
541 memorial service is sold or arranged by a licensee.
542 Section 20. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
543 497.374, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
544 497.374 Funeral directing; licensure as a funeral director
545 by endorsement; licensure of a temporary funeral director.-
546 ( 1) The licensing authority shall issue a license by
547 endorsement to practice funeral directing to an applicant who
548 has remitted a fee set by rule of the licensing authority not to
549 exceed $200 and who:
550 {b)l. Holds a valid license in good standing to practice
551 funeral directing in another state of the United States and has
.552 engaged in the full-time, licensed practice of funeral directing
553 in that state for at least 5 years, provided that, when the
554 applicant secured her or his original license, the requirements
555 for licensure \lere substantially equivalent to or more stringent
556 than those enisting in this state; or
557 2. Meets the qualifications for licensure ins. 497.373L
558 except that the applicant need not hold an associate degree or
559 higher if the applicant holds a diploma or certificate from an
560 accredited program of mortuary science, and has successfully
561 completed a state, regional, or national examination in mortuary
562 science or funeral service arts, which, as determined by rule of
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563 the licensing authority, is substantially equivalent to or more
564 stringent than the examination given by the licensing authority.
565 Section 21. Subsection (6) of section 554.108, Florida
566 Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (7), subsection (1) is
567 amended, and a new subsection (6) is added to that section, to
568 read:
569 554.108 Inspection.-
570 (1) The inspection requirements of this chapter apply only
571 to boilers located in public assembly locations. A potable hot
5 72 Hater supply boiler with an a heat input of 2 00, 00 0 British
573 thermal units (Btu) per hour and above, up to an a heat input
574 not exceeding 400,000 Btu per hour, is exempt from inspectionL
.575 however, such an exempt boiler, if manufactured after July 1,
576 2022, b-ut- must be stamped with the A.S.M.E. code symbol~
577 Additionally, "HLW" and the boiler's A.S.M.E data report of a
578 boiler with an input of 200,000 to 400,000 Btu per hour must be
579 filed as required under s. 554.103(2).
580 (6) Each enclosed space or room containing a boiler
581 regulated under this chapter which is fired by the direct
582 application of energy from the combustion of fuels and which is
583 located in any portion of a public lodging establishment under
584 s. 509.242 shall be equipped with one or more carbon monoxide
585 detector devices.
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586 Section 22. Paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (1) and
587 paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 554.111, Florida
588 Statutes, are amended to read:
589 554.111 Fees.-
590 (1) The department shall charge the following fees:
591 (a) For an applicant for a certificate of competency, the
592 initial application fee shall be $50, and the annual renewal fee
593 shall be $30. The fee for e1raff\ination shall be $50.
594 (e) An application for a boiler permit must include the
595 manufacturer's data report applicable certificate inspection fee
596 provided in paragraph (b) .
597 (2) Not more than an amount equal to one certificate
.598 inspection fee may be charged or collected for any and all
599 boiler inspections in any inspection period, except as otherwise
600 provided in this chapter.
601 (a) When it is necessary to make a special trip for
602 testing and verification inspections to observe the application
603 of a hydrostatic test, an additional fee equal to the fee for a
604 certificate inspection of the boiler must be charged.
605 Section 23. Subsection (4) of section 554.114, Florida
606 Statutes, is amended to read:
607 554.114 Prohibitions; penalties.-
608 (4) A boiler insurance company, authorized inspection
609 agency, or other person in violation of this section for more
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610 than 30 days shall pay a fine of $10 per day for the subsequent
611 first 10 days of noncompliance, $50 per day for the subsequent
612 20 days of noncompliance, and $100 per day for each subsequent
613 day over 20 days of noncompliance thereafter.
614 Section 24. Subsection (9) of section 624.307, Florida
615 Statutes, is amended to read:
616 624.307 General powers; duties.-
617 (9) Upon receiving service of legal process issued in any
618 civil action or proceeding in this state against any regulated
619 person or any unauthorized insurer under s. 626.906 ors.
620 626.937 that whieh is required to appoint the Chief Financial
621 Officer as its agent attorney to receive service of all legal
.622 process, the Chief Financial Officer shall make the process
623 available through a secure online portal, as attorney, may, in
624 lieu of sending the process by registered or eertified mail,
625 send the proeess or malce it available by any other verifiable
626 means, ineluding, but not limited to, making the doeuments
627 available by electronic transmission from a secure website
628 established by the department to the person last designated by
629 the regulated person or the unauthorized insurer to receive the
630 process. When process documents are made available
631 electronically, the Chief Financial Officer shall promptly send
632 a notice of receipt of service of process to the person last
633 designated by the regulated person or unauthorized insurer to
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634 receive legal process. The notice must state the date and ffianner
635 in whioh the oopy of the process was made available to the
636 regulated person or unauthorized insurer being served and
637 contain the uniform resource locator (URL) where for a hyperlink
638 to aooess files and inforffiation on the departffient's uebsite to
639 obtain a oopy of the process may be obtained.
640 Section 25. Section 624.422, Florida Statutes, are amended
641 to read:
642 624.422 Service of process; appointment of Chief Financial
643 Officer as process agent.-
644 (1) Each licensed insurer, whether domestic, foreign, or
645 alien, shall be deemed to have appointed the Chief Financial
.646 Officer and her or his successors in office as its agent
647 attorney to receive service of all legal process issued against
648 it in any civil action or proceeding in this state; and process
649 so served shall be valid and binding upon the insurer.
650 (2) Before Prior to its authorization to transact
651 insurance in this state, each insurer shall file with the
652 department designation of the name and e-mail address of the
653 person to whom process against it served upon the Chief
654 Financial Officer is to be made available through the
655 department's secure online portal forwarded. Each insurer shall
656 also file with the department designation of the name and e-mail
657 address of the person to whom the department shall forward civil
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658 remedy notices filed under s. 624.155. The insurer may change a
659 designation at any time by a new filing.
660 ( 3) Service of process submitted through the department's
661 secure online portal upon the Chief Financial Officer as the
662 insurer's agent attorney pursuant to such an appointment shall
663 be the sole method of service of process upon an authorized
664 domestic, foreign, or alien insurer in this state
665 Section 26. Subsection (1) of section 624.423, Florida
666 Statutes, is amended to read:
667 624.423 Serving process.-
668 ( 1) Service of process upon the Chief Financial Officer as
669 process agent of the insurer under s. 624.422 ands. 626.937
.670 shall be made by serving a copy of the process upon the Chief
671 Financial Officer or upon her or his assistant, deputy, or other
672 person in charge of her or his office. £erviee ffiay also be ffiade
673 by ffiail or electronically as provided ins. 48.151(3) s. 48,151.
674 Upon receiving such service, the Chief Financial Officer shall
675 retain a record of the process e-et,y and promptly notify and make
676 fonmrd one eopy of the process available through the
677 department's secure online portal by registered or certified
678 ffiail or by other verifiable ffieans, as provided under s.
679 624.307(9), to the person last designated by the insurer to
680 receive the same, as provided under s. 624.422(2). For purposes
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681 of this section, records shall ffi-a-J' be retained electronically a-s-
682 paper or clcctronie eopics.
683 Section 27. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 626.937,
684 Florida Statutes, arc amended to read:
685 626.937 Actions against insurer; service of process.-
686 (3) Each unauthorized insurer requesting eligibility
687 pursuant to s. 626.918 shall file with the department its
688 appointment of the Chief Financial Officer, on a form as
689 furnished by the department, as its agent attorney to receive
690 service of all legal process issued against it in any civil
691 action or proceeding in this state, and agreeing that process so
692 served shall be valid and binding upon the insurer. The
.693 appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind the insurer and any
694 successor in interest as to the assets or liabilities of the
695 insurer, and shall remain in effect as long as there is
696 outstanding in this state any obligation or liability of the
697 insurer resulting from its insurance transactions therein.
698 (4) At the time of such appointment of the Chief Financial
699 Officer as its process agent, the insurer shall file with the
700 department designation of the name and e-mail address of the
701 person to whom process against it served upon the Chief
702 Financial Officer is to be made available through the
703 department's secure online portal for.vardcd. The insurer may
704 change the designation at any time by a new filing.
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705 Section 28. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 48.151,
706 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
707 48.151 Service on statutory agents for certain persons.-
708 (1) When any law designates a public officer, board,
709 agency, or commission as the agent for service of process on any
710 person, firm, or corporation, service of process thereunder
711 shall be made by leaving one copy of the process with the public
712 officer, board, agency, or commission or in the office thereof,
713 or by mailing one copy to the public officer, board, agency, or
714 commission, except as provided in subsection (3). The public
715 officer, board, agency, or commission so served shall retain a
716 record copy and promptly send the copy served, by registered or
.717 certified mail, to the person to be served as shown by his or
718 her or its records. Proof of service on the public officer,
719 board, agency, or commission shall be by a notice accepting the
720 process which shall be issued by the public officer, board,
721 agency, or commission promptly after service and filed in the
722 court issuing the process. The notice accepting service shall
723 state the date upon which the copy of the process was mailed by
724 the public officer, board, agency, or commission to the person
725 being served and the time for pleading prescribed by the rules
726 of procedure shall run from this date. The service is valid
727 service for all purposes on the person for whom the public
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728 officer, board, agency, or commission is statutory agent for
729 service of process.
730 (3) The Chief Financial Officer or his or her assistant or
731 deputy or another person in charge of the office is the agent
732 for service of process on all insurers applying for authority to
733 transact insurance in this state, all licensed nonresident
734 insurance agents, all nonresident disability insurance agents
735 licensed pursuant to s. 626.835, any unauthorized insurer under
736 s. 626.906 ors. 626.937, domestic reciprocal insurers,
737 fraternal benefit societies under chapter 632, warranty
738 associations under chapter 634, prepaid limited health service
739 organizations under chapter 636, and persons required to file
.740 statements under s. 62 8. 4 61. .7'.s an alternative to service of
741 process ffiade by ffiail or personal service on the Chief Financial
742 Officer, on his or her assistant or deputy, or on another person
743 in charge of the office, The Department of Financial Services
744 shall ffiay create a secure online portal as the sole means a&
745 Internet based transffiission systeffi to accept service of process
746 on the Chief Financial Officer, or his or her assistant or
747 deputy, or another person in charge of the office pursuant to
748 this section.
749 Section 2 9. Subsection (3) ( f) of section 62 4. 610, Florida
750 Statutes, is amended to read:
751 624.610 Reinsurance.-
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752 (3) (f) If the assuming insurer is not authorized or
753 accredited to transact insurance or reinsurance in this state
754 pursuant to paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), the credit permitted
755 by paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) must not be allowed unless the
756 assuming insurer agrees in the reinsurance agreements:
757 1.a. That in the event of the failure of the assuming
758 insurer to perform its obligations under the terms of the
759 reinsurance agreement, the assuming insurer, at the request of
760 the ceding insurer, shall submit to the jurisdiction of any
761 court of competent jurisdiction in any state of the United
7 62 States, will comply with all requirements necessary to give the
763 court jurisdiction, and will abide by the final decision of the
.764 court or of any appellate court in the event of an appeal; and
765 b. To designate the Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to
766 s. 48.151, as its true and lawful agent attorney upon whom may
767 be served any lawful process in any action, suit, or proceeding
768 instituted by or on behalf of the ceding company.
769 Section 30. Subsection ( 4) ( d) of section 62 4. 610, Florida
770 Statutes, is amended to read:
771 624.610 Reinsurance.-
772 ( 4) ( d)
773 2. Consent in writing to the jurisdiction of the courts of
774 this state and to the designation of the Chief Financial
775 Officer, pursuant to s. 48.151, as its true and lawful agent
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776 attorney upon whom may be served any lawful process in any
777 action, suit, or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of the
778 ceding insurer. This subparagraph does not limit or alter in any
779 way the capacity of parties to a reinsurance agreement to agree
780 to an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, except to the
781 extent that such agreement is unenforceable under applicable
782 insolvency or delinquency laws.
783 Section 31. Section 626.906, Florida Statutes, is amended
784 to read:
785 626.906 Acts constituting Chief Financial Officer as
786 process agent.-Any of the following acts in this state, effected
787 by mail or otherwise, by an unauthorized foreign insurer, alien
.788 insurer, or person representing or aiding such an insurer is
789 equivalent to and shall constitute an appointment by such
790 insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer of the
791 Chief Financial Officer to be its true and lawful agent
792 attorney, upon whom may be served all lawful process in any
793 action, suit, or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of an
794 insured or beneficiary, arising out of any such contract of
795 insurance; and any such act shall be signification of the
796 insurer's or person's agreement that such service of process is
797 of the same legal force and validity as personal service of
798 process in this state upon such insurer or person representing
799 or aiding such insurer:
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800 Section 32. Subsection (4) of section 626.912, Florida
801 Statutes, is amended to read:
802 626.912 Exemptions from ss. 626.904-626.911.
803 (4) Issued under and in accordance with the Surplus Lines
804 Law, when such insurer or person representing or aiding such
805 insurer enters a general appearance or when such contract of
806 insurance contains a provision designating the Chief Financial
807 Officer or designating a Florida resident agent to be the true
808 and lawful agent attorney of such unauthorized insurer or person
809 representing or aiding such insurer upon whom may be served all
810 lawful process in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted by
811 or on behalf of an insured or person representing or aiding such
.812 insurer or beneficiary arising out of any such contract of
813 insurance; and service of process effected on such Chief
814 Financial Officer or such resident agent shall be deemed to
815 confer complete jurisdiction over such unauthorized insurer or
816 person representing or aiding such insurer in such action.
817 Section 33. Subsection (3) of section 626.937, Florida
818 Statutes, is amended to read:
819 626.937 Actions against insurer; service of process.-
820 (3) Each unauthorized insurer requesting eligibility
821 pursuant to s. 626.918 shall file with the department its
822 appointment of the Chief Financial Officer, on a form as
823 furnished by the department, as its agent attorney to receive
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824 service of all legal process issued against it in any civil
825 action or proceeding in this state, and agreeing that process so
826 served shall be valid and binding upon the insurer. The
827 appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind the insurer and any
828 successor in interest as to the assets or liabilities of the
829 insurer, and shall remain in effect as long as there is
830 outstanding in this state any obligation or liability of the
831 insurer resulting from its insurance transactions therein.
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835 Remove lines 69-94 and insert:
.836 s. 440.381, F.S.; specifying workers' compensation
837 policies that require physical onsite audits for a
838 specified class; amending s. 497.277, F.S.; deleting a
839 cap on transferring burial rights fees; amending s.
840 497.369, F.S.; revising requirements for licenses by
841 endorsement to practice embalming; amending s.
842 497.372, F.S.; revising the scope of funeral directing
843 practice; amending s. 497.374, F.S.; revising
844 requirements for licenses by endorsement to practice
845 funeral directing; amending s. 554.108, F.S.;
846 requiring boilers manufactured after a specified date,
847 rather than boilers of certain heat input, to be
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848 stamped with a specified code symbol; revising the
849 boilers' information that must be filed; requiring
850 that specified spaces and rooms be equipped with
851 carbon monoxide detector devices; amending s. 554.111,
852 F.S.; deleting a requirement for a specified fee for a
853 certificate of competency; requiring applications for
854 boiler permits to include a specified report; revising
855 the purpose for special trips that the department is
856 required to make for boiler inspections; amending s.
857 554.114, F.S.; revising the schedules of penalties
858 against boiler insurance companies, inspection
859 agencies, and other persons for specified violations;
.860 amending s. 624.307, F.S.; providing that certain
861 regulated persons or unauthorized insurers are
862 required to appoint the Chief Financial Officer as
863 their agents, rather than as their attorneys, to
8 64 receive service of legal process; revising the method
865 in which the Chief Financial Officer makes the process
866 available; amending s. 624.422, F.S.; requiring
867 insurers to file with the department email-addresses,
868 rather than addresses, of specified persons;
869 conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
870 providing that a specified method in which process is
871 served upon the Chief Financial Officer is the sole
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872 method of service; amending s. 624.423, F.S.; revising
873 procedures for service of process; requiring the Chief
874 Financial Officer to promptly notify certain persons
875 of the process and to make the process available to
876 such persons through a specified method; revising
877 method by which records are retained; amending s.
878 626.937, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
879 by the act; amending s. 48.151, F.S.; providing an
880 exception to service of process on public entities
881 under certain circumstances; requiring the department
882 to create a secure online portal as the sole means to
883 accept certain service of process; amending s.
.884 624.610, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
885 by the act; amending s. 626.906, F.S.; conforming
886 provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
887 626.912, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
888 by the act; amending s. 626.937, F.S.; conforming
889 provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
890 626.015,
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6 Remove lines 1996-2042 and insert:
7 Section 57. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and paragraphs
8 (b), (c), and (e) of subsection (3) of section 766 .105, Florida
9 Statutes, are amended, and paragraph (i) is added to subsection
10 (3) and subsection (4) is added to that section, to read:
11 766.105 Florida Patient's Compensation Fund.-
12 (2) COVERAGE.-
13 (d) l. Any health care provider who participates in the
14 fund and who does not meet the provisions of paragraph (b) shall
15 not be covered by the fund.
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16 2. Annually, the Agency for Health Care Administration
17 shall require documentation by each hospital that such hospital
18 is in compliance, and will remain in compliance, with the
19 provisions of this section. The ageney shall review the
20 doeumentation and then deliver the documentation to the board of
21 governors . .7\t least 60 days before the time a lieense will be
22 issued or renewed, the agency shall request from the board of
23 governors a eertifieation that eaeh hospital is in eomplianee
24 with the provisions of this section. The board of governors
25 shall not be liable under the law for any erroneous
26 eertifieation. The agency may not issue or renew the lieense of
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27 any hospital which has not been eertified by the board of
28 governors. The license of any hospital that fails to remain in
29 eomplianee or fails to provide sueh documentation shall be
30 revoked or suspended by the ageney.
31 (3) THE FUND.-
32 (b) Fund administration and operation.-
33 1. The fund shall operate subject to the supervision and
34 approval of the Chief Financial Officer or his or her designee a
35 board of governors consisting of a representative of the
36 insurance industry appointed by the Chief Finaneial Offieer, an
37 attorney appointed by The Florida Bar, a representative of
38 physieians appointed by the Florida Medical Association, a
39 representative of physicians' insurance appointed by the Chief
40 Financial Officer, a representative of physieians' self
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41 insuranee appointed by the Chief Finaneial Offieer, two
42 representatives of hospitals appointed by the Florida Hospital
43 Assoeiation, a representative of hospital insuranee appointed by
44 the Chief Financial Offieer, a representative of hospital self
45 insuranee appointed by the Chief Finaneial Offieer, a
46 representative of the osteopathie physieians' or podiatrie
47 physicians' insuranee or self insuranee appointed by the Chief
48 Finaneial Officer, and a representative of the general publie
49 appointed by the Chief Financial Officer. The board of governors
50 shall, during the first meeting after June 30 of each year,
51 choose one of its members to serve as chair of the board and
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52 another member to serve as vice chair of the board. The members
53 of the board shall be appointed to serve terms of q years,
54 encept that the initial appointments of a representative of the
55 general publie by the Chief Financial Officer, an attorney by
56 The Florida Bar, a representative of physicians by the Florida
57 Hedical Association, and one of the two representatives of the
58 Florida Hospital Association shall be for terms of 3 years,
59 thereafter, such representatives shall be appointed for terms of
60 q years. Subsequent to initial appointments for q year terms,
61 the representative of the osteopathic physicians' or pediatric
62 physicians' insuranee or self insurance appointed by the Chief
63 Financial Officer and the representative of hospital self
64 insurance appointed by the Chief Financial Officer shall be
65 appointed for 2 year terms, thereafter, such representatives
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66 shall be appointed for terFAs of 4 years. Eaeh appointed FAeFAber
67 FAay designate in writing to the ehair an alternate to aet in the
68 FAeFAber's absenee or ineapaeity. A FAeFAber of the board, or the
69 FAeFAber's alternate, FAay be reiff\bursed froffl the assets of the
70 fund for eH.penses ineurred by hiFA or her as a FAeFAber, or
71 alternate FAeFAber, of the board and for eoFAFAittee work, but he or
72 she FAay not othen:ise be eoFApensated by the fund for his or her
73 serviee as a board FAeFAber or alternate.
74 2. There shall be no liability on the part of, and no
75 cause of action of any nature shall arise against, the fund or
76 its agents or employees, professional advisers or consultants,
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77 the Chief Financial Officer or his or her designee FAeFAbers of
78 the board of governors or their alternates, or the Department of
79 Financial Services or the Office of Insurance Regulation of the
80 Financial Services Commission or their representatives for any
81 action taken by them in the performance of their powers and
82 duties pursuant to this section.
83 (c) Powers of the fund.-The fund has the power to:
84 1. Sue and be sued, and appear and defend, in all actions
85 and proceedings in its name to the same extent as a natural
86 person.
87 2. Adopt, change, amend, and repeal a plan of operation,
88 not inconsistent with law, for the regulation and administration
89 of the affairs of the fund. The plan and any changes thereto
90 shall be filed with the Office of Insurance Regulation of the
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91 Financial Services Commission and are all subject to its
92 approval before implementation by the fund. All fund members,
93 board members, and employees shall comply with the plan of
94 operation.
95 3. Have and exercise all powers necessary or convenient to
96 effect any or all of the purposes for which the fund is created.
97 4. Enter into such contracts as are necessary or proper to
98 carry out the provisions and purposes of this section.
99 5. Employ or retain such persons as are necessary to
100 perform the administrative and financial transactions and
101 responsibilities of the fund and to perform other necessary or
102 proper functions unless prohibited by law.
.103 6. Take such legal action as may be necessary to avoid
104 payment of improper claims.
105 7. Indemnify any effiployee, agent, ffieffiber of the board of
106 governors or his or her alternate, or person acting on behalf of
107 the fund in an official capacity, for expenses, including
108 attorney's fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in
109 settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in
110 connection with any action, suit, or proceeding, including any
111 appeal thereof, arising out of his or her capacity in acting on
112 behalf of the fund, if he or she acted in good faith and in a
113 manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed
114 to, the best interests of the fund and, with respect to any
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115 criminal action or proceeding, he or she had reasonable cause to
116 believe his or her conduct was lawful.
117 (e) Fund accounting and audit.-
118 1. Money shall be withdrawn from the fund only upon a
119 voucher as authorized by the Chief Financial Officer or his or
120 her designee board of governors.
121 2. All books, records, and audits of the fund shall be
122 open for reasonable inspection to the general public, except
123 that a claim file in possession of the fund, fund members, and
124 their insurers is confidential and exempt from the provisions of
125 s. 119.07(1) ands. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution
126 until termination of litigation or settlement of the claim,
.127 although medical records and other portions of the claim file
128 may remain confidential and exempt as otherwise provided by law.
129 Any book, record, document, audit, or asset acquired by,
130 prepared for, or paid for by the fund is subject to the
131 authority of the Chief Financial Officer or his or her designee
132 board of governors, which shall be responsible therefor.
133 3. Persons authorized to receive deposits, issue vouchers,
134 or withdraw or otherwise disburse any fund moneys shall post a
135 blanket fidelity bond in an amount reasonably sufficient to
136 protect fund assets. The cost of such bond shall be paid from
137 the fund.
138 4. Annually, the fund shall furnish, upon request, audited
139 financial reports to any fund participant and to the Office of
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140 Insurance Regulation and the Joint Legislative Auditing
141 Committee. The reports shall be prepared in accordance with
142 accepted accounting procedures and shall include income and such
143 other information as may be required by the Office of Insurance
144 Regulation or the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee.
145 5. Any money held in the fund shall be invested in
146 interest-bearing investments by the board of governors of the
147 fund as adffiinistrator. However, in no case may any such money be
148 invested in the stock of any insurer participating in the Joint
149 Underwriting Association authorized bys. 627.351(4) or in the
150 parent company of, or company owning a controlling interest in,
151 such insurer. All income derived from such investments shall be
.152 credited to the fund.
153 6. Any health care provider participating in the fund may
154 withdraw from such participation only at the end of a fiscal
155 year; however, such health care provider shall remain subject to
156 any assessment or any refund pertaining to any year in which
157 such member participated in the fund.
158 ( i} Dissolution of the fund.-The fund shall operate
159 subject to the supervision of the Chief Financial Officer or his
160 or her designee, pursuant to the policies and procedures and
161 under the auspices of the Department of Financial Services'
162 Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation, until the department
163 executes a legal dissolution of the fund on or before December
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164 31, 2023. Before the legal dissolution of the fund, the
165 Department of Financial Services must:
166 1. Obtain all existing records and retain necessary
167 records of the fund pursuant to law.
168 2. Identify all remaining property held by the fund and
169 attempt to return such property to its owners and, for property
170 that cannot be returned to the owner, transfer such property to
171 the Department of Financial Services' Division of Unclaimed
172 Property.
173 3. Make a final accounting of the finances of the fund.
174 4. Ensure that the fund has met all its obligations
175 pursuant to structured settlements, annuities, or other
.176 instruments established to pay covered claims and, if the fund
177 has not done so, attempt to meet such obligations before final
178 and complete dissolution of the fund.
179 5. Sell or otherwise dispose of all physical assets of the
180 fund.
181 6. Execute a legal dissolution of the fund.
182 7. Transfer any remaining money or assets of the fund to
183 the Chief Financial Officer for deposit in the General Revenue
184 Fund.
185 (4) REPEAL.-This section is repealed January 1, 2024.
186 Section 58. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
187 945.6041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
188 945.6041 Inmate medical services.-
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189 (1) As used in this section, the term:
190 (b) "Heal th care provider" means:
191 1. A hospital licensed under chapter 395.
192 2. A physician or physician assistant licensed under
193 chapter 4 5 8.
194 3. An osteopathic physician or physician assistant
195 licensed under chapter 459.
196 4. A podiatric physician licensed under chapter 461.
197 5. A health maintenance organization certificated under
198 part I of chapter 641.
199 6. An ambulatory surgical center licensed under chapter
200 395 .
• 201 7. A professional association, partnership, corporation,
202 joint venture, or other association established by the
203 individuals set forth in subparagraphs 2., 3., and 4. for
204 professional activity.
205 8. Other medical facility.
206 a. As used in this subparagraph, the term "other medical
207 facility" means:
208 (I) A facility the primary purpose of which is to provide
209 human medical diagnostic services, or a facility providing
210 nonsurgical human medical treatment which discharges patients on
211 the same working day that the patients are admitted; and
212 (II) A facility that is not part of a hospital.
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213 b. The term does not include a facility existing for the
214 primary purpose of performing terminations of pregnancy, or an
215 office maintained by a physician or dentist for the practice of
216 medicine has the same meaning as provided ins. 766.105.
217 Section 59. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
218 985.6441, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
219 985.6441 Health care services.-
220 (1) As used in this section, the term:
221 (a) "Heal th care provider" means:
222 1. A hospital licensed under chapter 395.
223 2. A physician or physician assistant licensed under
224 chapter 4 5 8.
.225 3. An osteopathic physician or physician assistant
226 licensed under chapter 459.
227 4. A podiatric physician licensed under chapter 461.
228 5. A health maintenance organization certificated under
229 part I of chapter 641.
230 6. An ambulatory surgical center licensed under chapter
231 395.
232 7. A professional association, partnership, corporation,
233 joint venture, or other association established by the
234 individuals set forth in subparagraphs 2., 3., and 4. for
235 professional activity
236 8. Other medical facility.
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237 a. As used in this subparagraph, the term "other medical
238 facility" means:
239 (I) A facility the primary purpose of which is to provide
240 human medical diagnostic services, or a facility providing
241 nonsurgical human medical treatment which discharges patients on
242 the same working day that the patients are admitted; and
243 (II) A facility that is not part of a hospital.
244 b. The term does not include a facility existing for the
245 primary purpose of performing terminations of pregnancy, or an
246 office maintained by a physician or dentist for the practice of
247 medicine has the saffl.e ffl.eaning as provided in s. 76 6 .105.
248 Section 60. 395.1061, Florida Statutes, is created to
.249 read:
250 395.1061 Professional liability coverage.-
251 (1) As used in this section, the term:
252 (a) "Committee" means a committee or board of a hospital
253 established to make recommendations, policies, or decisions
254 regarding patient institutional utilization, patient treatment,
255 or institutional staff privileges or to perform other
256 administrative or professional purposes or functions.
257 (b) "Covered individuals" means the officers; trustees;
258 volunteer workers; trainees; committee members, including
259 physicians, osteopathic physicians, podiatric physicians, and
260 dentists; and employees of the hospital other than employed
261 physicians licensed under chapter 458, physician assistants
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2 62 licensed under chapter 458, osteopathic physicians licensed
263 under chapter 459, dentists licensed under chapter 466, and
264 podiatric physicians licensed under chapter 461. However, with
265 respect to a hospital, the term also includes: house physicians,
266 interns, employed physician residents in a resident training
267 program, and physicians performing purely administrative duties
268 for the hospital instead of treating patients. This coverage
269 applies to the hospital and those included in the definition of
270 health care provider at s. 985.6441(1) (a), F.S.
271 (c) "Hospital system" means two or more hospitals
272 associated by common ownership or corporate affiliation.
273 (d) "House physician" means any physician, osteopathic
.274 physician, podiatric physician, or dentist at a hospital,
275 except:
276 1. The physician, osteopathic physician, podiatric
277 physician, or dentist who has staff privileges at a hospital,
278 provides emergency room services, or performs a medical or
279 dental service for a fee; or
280 2. An anesthesiologist, pathologist, or radiologist.
281 ( e) "Occurrence" means an accident or incident, including
282 continuous or repeated exposure to certain harmful conditions,
283 which results in patient injuries
284 (f) "Per claim" means all claims per patient arising out
285 of an occurrence.
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286 ( 2) Each hospital, unless exempted under paragraph ( 3) (b) ,
287 must demonstrate financial responsibility for maintaining
288 professional liability coverage to pay claims and costs
289 ancillary thereto arising out of the rendering of or failure to
290 render medical care or services and for bodily injury or
291 property damage to the person or property of any patient arising
2 92 out of the activities of the hospital or arising out of the
293 activities of covered individuals, to the satisfaction of the
2 94 Agency for Health Care Administration, by meeting one of the
295 following requirements:
296 (a) Establish an escrow account in an amount equivalent to
297 $10,000 per claim for each hospital bed in such hospital, not to
.298 exceed a $2.5 million annual aggregate.
299 (b) Obtain professional liability coverage in an amount
300 equivalent to $10,000 or more per claim for each bed in such
301 hospital from a private insurer, from the Joint Underwriting
302 Association established under s. 627.351(4), or through a plan
303 of self-insurance as provided ins. 627.357. However, no
304 hospital may be required to obtain such coverage in an amount
305 exceeding a $2.5 million annual aggregate.
306 (3) (a) Each hospital, unless exempted under paragraph (b),
307 shall provide evidence of compliance and remain in continuous
308 compliance with the professional liability coverage provisions
309 of this section. The Agency for Health Care Administration may
310 not issue or renew the license of any hospital that does not
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311 provide evidence of compliance or that provides evidence of
312 insufficient coverage.
313 (b) Any hospital operated by an agency, subdivision, or
314 instrumentality of the state is exempt from the provisions of
315 this section.
316 (4) A hospital system may meet the professional liability
317 coverage requirement with an escrow account, insurance, or self-
318 insurance policies if the $10,000 per claim and $2.5 million
319 annual aggregate is met for each hospital in the hospital
320 system.
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324 Remove lines 177-184 and insert:
325 amending s. 766.105, F.S.; deleting certain provisions relating
326 to the Agency for Health Care Administration; requiring that the
327 Florida Patient's Compensation Fund be subject to the
328 supervision and approval of the Chief Financial Officer rather
329 than a board of governors and be dissolved on or before a
330 specified date; deleting certain provisions relating to the
331 board of governors; providing duties of the department before
332 the legal dissolution of the fund; requiring that provisions
333 relating to the fund be repealed on a specified date; amending
334 ss. 945.6041 and 985.6441, F.S.; conforming provisions to
335 changes made by the act; creating s. 395.1061, F.S.; providing
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336 definitions; requiring certain hospitals and hospital systems to
337 demonstrate financial responsibility for maintaining
338 professional liability coverage; prohibiting the agency from
339 issuing or renewing licenses of hospitals under certain
340 circumstances; providing exemptions from professional liability
341 coverage requirements; transferring the Stop
342
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7 Section 29. Subsections (3) (f) and (4) (d) of section
8 624.610, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
9 624.610 Reinsurance.-
10 (3) (f) If the assuming insurer is not authorized or
11 accredited to transact insurance or reinsurance in this state
12 pursuant to paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), the credit permitted
13 by paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) must not be allowed unless the
14 assuming insurer agrees in the reinsurance agreements:
15 1.a. That in the event of the failure of the assuming
16 insurer to perform its obligations under the terms of the
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17 reinsurance agreement, the assuming insurer, at the request of
18 the ceding insurer, shall submit to the jurisdiction of any
19 court of competent jurisdiction in any state of the United
20 States, will comply with all requirements necessary to give the
21 court jurisdiction, and will abide by the final decision of the
22 court or of any appellate court in the event of an appeal; and
23 b. To designate the Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to
24 s. 48.151(3), as its true and lawful agent attorney upon whom
25 may be served any lawful process in any action, suit, or
26 proceeding instituted by or on behalf of the ceding company.
27 (4) (d)
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2. Consent in writing to the jurisdiction of the courts of
this state and to the designation of the Chief Financial
Officer, pursuant to s. 48.151(3), as its true and lawful agent
31 attorney upon whom may be served any lawful process in any
32 action, suit, or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of the
33 ceding insurer. This subparagraph does not limit or alter in any
34 way the capacity of parties to a reinsurance agreement to agree
35 to an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, except to the
36 extent that such agreement is unenforceable under applicable
37 insolvency or delinquency laws.
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Name: Henning, Lisa
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D Presentation/Workshop Topic: NIA
Name: Henning, Lisa
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Name: Handerhan Paul
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Representing: Florida Association for Insurance Reform
Title:
Address: 120 S Monroe St
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~ Bill/PCS/PCB Number: HB 749 : Fraud Prevention
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D Presentation/Workshop Topic: N/A
Name: Handerhan Paul
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Title:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
~ Bill/PCS/PCB Number: HB 749 : Fraud Prevention
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Name: Fernandez Edda
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Title: AARP Associate State Director Advocacy
Address: 215 S Monroe St, Suite #603
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~ Bill/PCS/PCB Number: HB 959 : Department of Financial Services
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Name: Handerhan Paul
Representing: Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters
Title:
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Meeting Date: January 19, 2022 3:30 PM
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Name: Handerhan Paul
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Title:
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