642.016 – Chapter Exclusive; Applicability of Other Laws.
642.016 Chapter exclusive; applicability of other laws.—Except as provided in this chapter, legal expense insurance corporations shall be governed by this chapter and shall be exempt from all other provisions of the Florida Insurance Code. History.—ss. 29, 52, ch. 85-321; ss. 6, 7, ch. 93-147.
642.017 – Exemptions.
642.017 Exemptions.—The provisions of the Florida Insurance Code do not apply to: (1) Retainer contracts made by attorneys at law with individual clients with fees based on estimates of the nature and amount of services to be provided to the specific client and similar contracts made with a group of clients involved in the same or closely […]
642.019 – Organization of Legal Expense Insurance Corporations.
642.019 Organization of legal expense insurance corporations.— (1) Any number of corporations or adult natural persons may organize a legal expense insurance corporation under the law of this state relating to corporations generally. (2) The articles of incorporation shall conform to the requirements applicable to corporations, and, in addition: (a) The name of the corporation shall indicate that legal […]
642.021 – Certificate of Authority.
642.021 Certificate of authority.— (1) It is unlawful for any person to engage in a legal expense insurance business in this state without a valid certificate of authority issued by the office, pursuant to ss. 642.011-642.049, except that a domestic, foreign, or alien insurer authorized to transact life or casualty insurance in this state may transact legal […]
642.022 – Insurance Business Not Authorized.
642.022 Insurance business not authorized.—Nothing in the Florida Insurance Code or this chapter shall be deemed to authorize any legal expense corporation to transact any insurance business other than that of legal expense insurance or to otherwise engage in any other type of insurance unless it is authorized under a certificate of authority issued by the […]
641.454 – Civil action to enforce prepaid health clinic contract; attorney’s fees; court costs.
641.454 Civil action to enforce prepaid health clinic contract; attorney’s fees; court costs.—In any civil action brought to enforce the terms and conditions of a prepaid health clinic contract, the prevailing party is entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs. This section shall not be construed to authorize a civil action against the commission […]
641.545 – Subscriber risk assessments; requirements.
641.545 Subscriber risk assessments; requirements.—The agency shall require an organization, when providing services to Medicaid subscribers, to attempt, at least twice if necessary, to contact each new Medicaid subscriber within 3 months after the Medicaid subscriber enrolls, in order to perform a health risk assessment. The health risk assessment instrument must include questions regarding early and […]
641.455 – Disposition of moneys collected under this part.
641.455 Disposition of moneys collected under this part.—Fees, administrative penalties, examination expenses, and other sums collected by the office under this part shall be deposited to the credit of the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund; however, fees, examination expenses, and other sums collected by, or allocated to, the Agency for Health Care Administration under this part shall […]
641.55 – Internal risk management program.
641.55 Internal risk management program.— (1) Every organization certified under this part shall, as a part of its administrative functions, establish an internal risk management program which shall include the following components: (a) The investigation and analysis of the frequency and causes of general categories and specific types of adverse incidents causing injury to patients; (b) The development of […]
641.457 – Exemption for certain operational prepaid health clinics.
641.457 Exemption for certain operational prepaid health clinics.—The provisions of this part do not apply to those prepaid health clinics providing the services defined in ss. 641.40-641.459, which clinics have been continuously engaged in providing such services since January 1, 1947, provided that any prepaid health clinic claiming an exemption under this section notified the former […]