Title: Ratification of Rules/Florida Workers' Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual/DFS

Summary: Ratifies specified rules relating to Florida Workers' Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual, for sole & exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S.

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An act relating to ratification of rules of the Department of Financial Services; ratifying specified rules relating to the Florida Workers' Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual, 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 specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs; providing applicability; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature 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 Code, titled "Florida Workers' Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual" as filed for adoption with the Department of State pursuant to the certification package dated July 16, 2015. (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 Florida Administrative Code, the Florida A dministrative Register, or both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking HB 7073 2016 authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law governing adoption or enforcement of the rule cited, an dis 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.