SB 269-1_ Filed 02/08/2008, 09:59
Adopted 2/12/2008


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COMMITTEE REPORT

            
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22

                                                        NO:
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MR. SPEAKER:

    Your Committee on       Ways and Means     , to which was referred       Senate Bill 269     , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

SOURCE: Page 2, line 4; (08)CR026901.2. -->     Page 2, line 4, delete "a licensed orthotist or prosthetist or a" and insert " an orthotist, a prosthetist, or a pedorthist certified by:
            (A) the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, or its successor; or
            (B) the Board for Orthotist or Prosthetist Certification, or its successor;
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    Page 2, delete line 5.
    Page 2, line 18, delete "this section:" and insert " subsection (e):".
    Page 2, line 23, delete "this section" and insert " subsection (e)".
    Page 2, between lines 25 and 26, begin a new paragraph and insert:
    " (i) Coverage under a state employee health benefit plan may not be changed in an attempt to cause a covered individual to elect Medicare as the covered individual's primary coverage.".
    Page 3, line 8, delete "(a)".
    Page 3, line 11, delete "(b)" and insert " Sec. 4.".
    Page 3, line 13, delete "4." and insert " 5.".
    Page 3, line 17, delete "a licensed orthotist or prosthetist or a" and insert " an orthotist, a prosthetist, or a pedorthist certified by:
            (A) the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, or its successor; or
            (B) the Board for Orthotist or Prosthetist Certification, or its successor;
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    Page 3, delete line 18.
    Page 3, line 24, delete "5." and insert " 6.".
    Page 3, line 24, delete "4" and insert " 5".
    Page 3, line 30, delete "6." and insert " 7.".
    Page 3, line 30, delete "7" and insert " 8".
    Page 3, line 31, delete "4" and insert " 5".
    Page 3, line 36, delete "7." and insert " 8.".
    Page 3, line 36, delete "4" and insert " 5.".
    Page 3, between lines 38 and 39, begin a new paragraph and insert:
    " Sec. 9. Coverage under a policy of accident and sickness insurance may not be changed in an attempt to cause an insured to elect Medicare as the insured's primary coverage.".
    Page 4, line 8, delete "a licensed orthotist or prosthetist or a" and insert " an orthotist, a prosthetist, or a pedorthist certified by:
            (A) the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, or its successor; or
            (B) the Board for Orthotist or Prosthetist Certification, or its successor;
".
    Page 4, delete line 9.
    Page 4, between lines 14 and 15, begin a new paragraph and insert:
    " (d) The coverage required under subsection (c) must be equal to the coverage that is provided for the same device, repair, or replacement under the federal Medicare reimbursement schedule, unless:
        (1) otherwise limited by this section; or
        (2) a different reimbursement rate is negotiated.
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    Page 4, line 15, delete "(d)" and insert " (e)".
    Page 4, line 15, delete "(e)," and insert " (f),".
    Page 4, line 21, delete "(e)" and insert " (f)".
    Page 4, line 21, delete "this section" and insert " subsection (c)".
    Page 4, between lines 23 and 24, begin a new paragraph and insert:
    " (g) Coverage under an individual contract or a group contract may not be changed in an attempt to cause an enrollee to elect Medicare as the enrollee's primary coverage.".
    (Reference is to SB 269 as printed January 25, 2008.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

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Representative Crawford


CR026901/DI 92    2008