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FL S0142

Bill

Status

Failed

5/5/2023

Primary Sponsor

Gayle Harrell

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires individual, group, blanket, franchise health insurance policies, and health maintenance contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2024, to cover annual skin cancer screenings performed by a licensed dermatologist
  • Prohibits insurers and HMOs from imposing any cost-sharing requirements—including deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance—on covered skin cancer screenings
  • Payment for screenings must be consistent with the insurer's payments for other preventive screenings as defined by the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology code set
  • Insurers and HMOs are prohibited from bundling payment for skin cancer screenings with any other procedure or service, including evaluation and management visits, performed during the same or a subsequent office visit
  • The act takes effect July 1, 2023, and was introduced by Senator Harrell in the Florida Senate

Legislative Description

Coverage for Skin Cancer Screenings

Last Action

Died in Banking and Insurance

5/5/2023

Full Bill Text

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