HB 97 - Prohibits Insurance Coverage of Abortion - Florida Key Vote
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- June 2, 2011
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- May 4, 2011
- Senate Bill Passed
- April 28, 2011
- House Bill Passed
- April 27, 2011
- Introduced
- March 8, 2011
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Title: Prohibits Insurance Coverage of Abortion
Signed by Governor Rick Scott
Title: Prohibits Insurance Coverage of Abortion
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits health insurance policies purchased with state or federal funds from providing coverage for abortion procedures, effective July 1, 2011.
Highlights:
- Prohibits health insurance policies that are purchased with state or federal funds through a health insurance exchange from covering abortion procedures (Sec. 1).
- Exempts abortion procedures that are necessary to save the life of the mother, as certified by a physician, or if the pregnancy is a result of an act of rape or incest (Sec. 1).
- Specifies that coverage is deemed to be purchased with state or federal funds if any tax credit or cost-sharing credit is applied toward the health insurance policy (Sec. 1).
- Authorizes health insurance policies to provide separate coverage for abortion procedures, as long as such coverage is not purchased in whole or in part with any state or federal funds (Sec. 2).
- This act is effective July 1, 2011 (Sec. 5).
Title: Prohibits Insurance Coverage of Abortion
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits health insurance policies purchased with state or federal funds from providing coverage for abortion procedures, effective July 1, 2011.
Highlights:
- Prohibits health insurance policies that are purchased with state or federal funds through a health insurance exchange from covering abortion procedures (Sec. 1).
- Exempts abortion procedures that are necessary to save the life of the mother, as certified by a physician, or if the pregnancy is a result of an act of rape or incest (Sec. 1).
- Specifies that coverage is deemed to be purchased with state or federal funds if any tax credit or cost-sharing credit is applied toward the health insurance policy (Sec. 1).
- Authorizes health insurance policies to provide separate coverage for abortion procedures, as long as such coverage is not purchased in whole or in part with any state or federal funds (Sec. 2).
- This act is effective July 1, 2011 (Sec. 5).
Title: Prohibits Insurance Coverage of Abortion
- Lawrence T. 'Larry' Ahern (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dennis K. Baxley (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jeffrey Paul 'Jeff' Brandes (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jason T. Brodeur (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard M. Corcoran (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Fredrick W. 'Fred' Costello (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Brad E. Drake (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael J. Grant (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Horner (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Scott Plakon (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald Joseph 'Doc' Renuart Sr. (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jimmie T. Smith (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Joseph Tobia (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Carlos Trujillo (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles E. Van Zant (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
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NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.