Amend SECTION 5 of the Committee Substitute for SB 384 on
page ____, line ____, by striking Section 6(b)(4) and substituting
the following:
      "(4)  in addition to the written appeal, an expedited appeal
procedure for emergency care denials, denials of care for life
threatening conditions, and denials of continued stays for
hospitalized patients that shall include a review by a health care
provider who has not previously reviewed the case and who is of the
same or similar speciality as a health care provider who typically
manages the medical condition, procedure, or treatment under review
completed in a period based on the medical or dental immediacy of
the condition, procedure, or treatment, not to exceed one working
day from the date all information necessary to complete the appeal
is received, but may in no event exceed seven working days from the
date following the day on which the appeal is received;".