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| 10 | 10 | | 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 |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to insurance coverage for at -home 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | COVID-19 test kits; creating s. 627.42398, F.S.; 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | defining the term "at -home COVID-19 test kit"; 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | requiring health insurers and health maintenance 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | organizations to provide 100 percent coverage for at -6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | home COVID-19 test kits; providing for expiration of 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | the insurance coverage; providing an effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Flor ida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Section 627.42398, Florida Statutes, is created 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | to read: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 627.42398 Coverage for at -home COVID-19 test kits.— 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) As used in this section, the term "at -home COVID-19 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | test kit" means an over -the-counter diagnostic test kit that 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | serves to detect active COVID -19 infections and for which the 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | United States Food and Drug Administration has issued an 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Emergency Use Authorization. The term includes: 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) A COVID-19 self-collection kit, including, but not 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | limited to, a polymerase chain reacti on (PCR) test, which 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | provides results after a sample is received by a lab. 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) A COVID-19 self-test kit, including, but not limited 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | to, a rapid antigen test, which provides results in minutes. 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) A health insurer or health maintenance organization 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | must provide 100 percent coverage for an at -home COVID-19 test 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | kit that is purchased with or without a prescription, to be used 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | at home or elsewhere. 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (3) This section expires December 31, 2023. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 30 |
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