Title: Ratification of Rules Implementing Workers' Compensation Law

Summary: Ratifies specified rule implementing Workers' Compensation Law for sole & exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness that requires ratification of any rule meeting any of specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs.

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An act relating to ratification of rules implementing the Workers' Compensation Law; ratifying a specified rule for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of any rule meeting any of specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Le gislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. (1) The following rule is ratified for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes: Rule 69L-7.020, Florida Administrative Cod e, entitled "Florida Workers' Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual," relating to the incorporation by reference of the manual and various other materials that provide reimbursement policies, codes, and maximum reimbursement allowances for medical services and suppliers, to implement the Workers' Compensation Law. (2) This act serves no other purpose and shall not be codified in the Florida Statutes. After this act becomes law, its enactment and effective dates shall be noted in the Flori da Administrative Code or the Florida Administrative Register or both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute HB 1165 2013 legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law governing adoptio nor enforcement of the rules cited, and is intended to preserve the status of any cited rule as a rule under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This act does not cure any rulemaking defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of authority or a violation of the legal requirements governing the adoption of any rule cited. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.