The proposed rule (which applies to dates of injury occurring on or after October 1, 2003) clarifies that an insurer must provide health care providers with prior notification of a decision to apply apportionment in the payment of reimbursement for medical services. The amendment provides that an insurer shall, at the time of authorization or following authorization but prior to the rendering of medical service(s), provide each health care provider with written or electronic notification of its decision to apply apportionment in the payment of reimbursement for medical service(s). Subsection (7) of the rule is deleted, as the penalty provisions are transferred to Rule Chapter 69L-24, F.A.C.