Bill Text: FL H0097 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health Insurance

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 27-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-04 - Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) failed (613545) -HJ 1147 [H0097 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0097-Introduced.html

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HB 97

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to health insurance; creating s.
3	627.64995, F.S.; prohibiting the use of state or federal
4	funds to provide coverage for abortions in an exchange
5	created pursuant to federal law; specifying conditions
6	under which a health insurance policy or group health
7	insurance policy is deemed to be purchased with state or
8	federal funds; providing exceptions; providing a
9	definition; creating s. 641.31099, F.S.; prohibiting the
10	use of state or federal funds to provide coverage for
11	abortions in an exchange created pursuant to federal law;
12	specifying conditions under which a health maintenance
13	contract is deemed to provide coverage purchased with
14	state or federal funds; providing exceptions; providing a
15	definition; providing an effective date.
16
17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1.  Section 627.64995, Florida Statutes, is created
20	to read:
21	627.64995  Restrictions on use of funds for state
22	exchanges.-
23	(1)  A health insurance policy or group health insurance
24	policy purchased in whole or in part with state or federal funds
25	through an exchange created pursuant to the federal Patient
26	Protection and Affordable Care Act may not provide coverage for
27	an abortion as defined in s. 390.011(1). A policy shall be
28	deemed to be purchased with state or federal funds if it is a
29	policy toward which any tax credit or cost-sharing credit is
30	applied.
31	(2)  This section does not prohibit coverage for an
32	abortion that is performed to save the life or physical health
33	of the mother or when the pregnancy resulted from an act of rape
34	or incest.
35	(3)  This section may not be construed to prevent a health
36	insurance plan or group health insurance plan from providing any
37	private person or entity with separate coverage for abortions,
38	provided such coverage is not purchased, in whole or in part,
39	with state or federal funds.
40	(4)  For purposes of this section, the term "state" means
41	the State of Florida or any of its political subdivisions.
42	Section 2.  Section 641.31099, Florida Statutes, is created
43	to read:
44	641.31099  Restrictions on use of funds for state
45	exchanges.-
46	(1)  A health maintenance contract under which coverage is
47	purchased in whole or in part with state or federal funds
48	through an exchange created pursuant to the federal Patient
49	Protection and Affordable Care Act may not provide coverage for
50	an abortion as defined in s. 390.011(1). Coverage under a health
51	maintenance contract shall be deemed to be purchased with state
52	or federal funds if the coverage is provided under a contract
53	toward which any tax credit or cost-sharing credit is applied.
54	(2)  This section does not prohibit coverage for an
55	abortion that is performed to save the life or physical health
56	of the mother or when the pregnancy resulted from an act of rape
57	or incest.
58	(3)  This section may not be construed to prevent a health
59	maintenance contract from providing any private person or entity
60	with separate coverage for abortions, provided such coverage is
61	not purchased, in whole or in part, with state or federal funds.
62	(4)  For purposes of this section, the term "state" means
63	the State of Florida or any of its political subdivisions.
64	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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