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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to insurance coverage for at -home 2
COVID-19 test kits; creating s. 627.42398, F.S.; 3
defining the term "at -home COVID-19 test kit"; 4
requiring health insurers and health maintenance 5
organizations to provide 100 percent coverage for at -6
home COVID-19 test kits; providing for expiration of 7
the insurance coverage; providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Flor ida: 10
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Section 1. Section 627.42398, Florida Statutes, is created 12
to read: 13
627.42398 Coverage for at -home COVID-19 test kits.— 14
(1) As used in this section, the term "at -home COVID-19 15
test kit" means an over -the-counter diagnostic test kit that 16
serves to detect active COVID -19 infections and for which the 17
United States Food and Drug Administration has issued an 18
Emergency Use Authorization. The term includes: 19
(a) A COVID-19 self-collection kit, including, but not 20
limited to, a polymerase chain reacti on (PCR) test, which 21
provides results after a sample is received by a lab. 22
(b) A COVID-19 self-test kit, including, but not limited 23
to, a rapid antigen test, which provides results in minutes. 24
(2) A health insurer or health maintenance organization 25
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must provide 100 percent coverage for an at -home COVID-19 test 26
kit that is purchased with or without a prescription, to be used 27
at home or elsewhere. 28
(3) This section expires December 31, 2023. 29
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 30