Florida Statutes Part II - Discount Medical Plan Organizations (Ss. 636.202-636.244)

• 636.202 - Definitions.
  As used in this part, the term:(1) “Discount medical plan” means a business arrangement or contract in which a person, in exchange for fees, dues, charges,...
• 636.204 - License Required.
  1(1) Before doing business in this state as a discount medical plan organization, an entity must be a corporation, a limited liability company, or a limited...
• 636.205 - Issuance Of License; Denial.
  (1) Following receipt of an application filed pursuant to s. 636.204, the office shall review the application and notify the applicant of any deficiencies contained therein....
• 636.206 - Examinations And Investigations.
  (1) The office may examine or investigate the business and affairs of any discount medical plan organization. The office may order any discount medical plan organization...
• 636.207 - Applicability Of Part.
  Except as otherwise provided in this part, discount medical plan organizations are governed by the provisions of this part and are exempt from the Florida...
• 636.208 - Fees; Charges; Reimbursement.
  (1) A discount medical plan organization may charge a periodic charge as well as a reasonable one-time processing fee for a discount medical plan.(2) If the member...
• 636.210 - Prohibited Activities Of A Discount Medical Plan Organization.
  (1) A discount medical plan organization may not:(a) Use in its advertisements, marketing material, brochures, and discount cards the term “insurance” except as otherwise provided in this...
• 636.212 - Disclosures.
  The following disclosures must be made in writing to any prospective member and must be on the first page of any advertisements, marketing materials, or...
• 636.214 - Provider Agreements.
  (1) All providers offering medical services to members under a discount medical plan must provide such services pursuant to a written agreement. The agreement may be...
• 636.216 - Charge Or Form Filings.
  (1) All charges to members must be filed with the office and any charge to members greater than $30 per month or $360 per year must...
• 636.218 - Annual Reports.
  (1) Each discount medical plan organization must file with the office, within 3 months after the end of each fiscal year, an annual report.(2) Such reports must...
• 636.220 - Minimum Capital Requirements.
  (1) Each discount medical plan organization must at all times maintain a net worth of at least $150,000.(2) The office may not issue a license unless the...
• 636.222 - Suspension Or Revocation Of License; Suspension Of Enrollment Of New Members; Terms Of Suspension.
  (1) The office may suspend the authority of a discount medical plan organization to enroll new members, revoke any license issued to a discount medical plan...
• 636.223 - Administrative Penalty.
  In lieu of suspending or revoking a certificate of authority whenever any discount medical plan organization has been found to have violated any provision of...
• 636.224 - Notice Of Change Of Name Or Address Of Discount Medical Plan Organization.
  Each discount medical plan organization must provide the office at least 30 days’ advance notice of any change in the discount medical plan organization’s name,...
• 636.226 - Provider Name Listing.
  Each discount medical plan organization must maintain an up-to-date list of the names and addresses of the providers with which it has contracted, on an...
• 636.228 - Marketing Of Discount Medical Plans.
  (1) All advertisements, marketing materials, brochures, and discount cards used by marketers must be approved in writing for such use by the discount medical plan organization.(2) The...
• 636.230 - Bundling Discount Medical Plans With Other Products.
  When a marketer or discount medical plan organization sells a discount medical plan together with any other product, the fees for the discount medical plan...
• 636.232 - Rules.
  The commission may adopt rules to administer this part, including rules for the licensing of discount medical plan organizations; establishing standards for evaluating forms, advertisements,...
• 636.234 - Service Of Process On A Discount Medical Plan Organization.
  Sections 624.422 and 624.423 apply to a discount medical plan organization as if the discount medical plan organization were an insurer.History.—s. 31, ch. 2004-297.
• 636.236 - Surety Bond Or Security Deposit.
  (1) Each discount medical plan organization licensed pursuant to the provisions of this part must maintain in force a surety bond in its own name in...
• 636.238 - Penalties For Violation Of This Part.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who willfully violates any provision of this part commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as...
• 636.240 - Injunctions.
  (1) In addition to the penalties and other enforcement provisions of this part, the office may seek both temporary and permanent injunctive relief when:(a) A discount medical...
• 636.244 - Unlicensed Discount Medical Plan Organizations.
  The provisions of ss. 626.901-626.912 apply to the activities of an unlicensed discount medical plan organization as if the unlicensed discount medical plan organization were...

Last modified: September 23, 2016