The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 624
INSURANCE CODE: ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 624.4415

624.4415 Assessments.—

(1) All multiple-employer welfare arrangements shall provide that employers are assessable in accordance with this section.

(2) Each multiple-employer welfare arrangement may assess all employers if its prior fiscal year statement of operations reflected a loss.

(3) Each multiple-employer welfare arrangement shall assess all employers if the arrangement’s fund balance at the end of any accounting period is less than the fund balance required by statute.

(4)(a) The minimum assessment shall be the amount necessary to comply with the requirements of s. 624.4392. Each employer’s assessment shall be computed by applying the earned premium for each employer’s plan of benefits during the prior fiscal year as a percent of the amount of the total of all employers’ earned premium for the same year. Each employer’s assessment shall be that employer’s percent times the total assessment levied.

(b) In the event members fail to pay assessments, the other members shall be liable on a proportionate basis for an additional assessment.

(c) The multiple-employer welfare arrangement, acting on behalf of all members who paid the additional assessment, shall institute legal action, when necessary and appropriate, to recover the assessment from the members who fail to pay their assessment.

History.—ss. 4, 5, ch. 88-116; ss. 32, 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Amendments to 624.4415

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 624.4415

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 624.4415.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

BROOKS, J. D. v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC., 116 F.3d 1364 (11th Cir. 1997)

. . . . § 624.4415). . . .

In INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF FLORIDA HEALTH BENEFIT TRUST, a ACTRON CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT, v. SOUTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT, a d b a Dr. St. s, 607 So. 2d 432 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . On October 1, 1988, Section 624.4415 became effective, providing that MEWAs would be authorized to assess . . . 1989), provides: Each employer participant shall have a contingent assessment liability pursuant to s. 624.4415 . . . Section 624.4415(2) provides: For those multiple-employer welfare arrangements which have a valid certificate . . . On the contrary, Section 624.4415(5)(d) provides: The department shall have the authority to assess, . . . Nevertheless, we read Section 624.4415(2), which requires MEW As with certificates of authority issued . . .