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Florida Statute 627.65625 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 627.65625 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 627.65625 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
627.65625 Prohibiting discrimination against individual participants and beneficiaries based on health status.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), an insurer that offers a group health insurance policy may not establish rules for eligibility, including continued eligibility, of an individual to enroll under the terms of the policy based on any of the following health-status-related factors in relation to the individual or a dependent of the individual:
(a) Health status.
(b) Medical condition, including physical and mental illnesses.
(c) Claims experience.
(d) Receipt of health care.
(e) Medical history.
(f) Genetic information.
(g) Evidence of insurability, including conditions arising out of acts of domestic violence.
(h) Disability.
(2) Subsection (1) does not:
(a) Require an insurer to provide particular benefits other than those provided under the terms of such plan or coverage.
(b) Prevent such a plan or coverage from establishing limitations or restrictions on the amount, level, extent, or nature of the benefits or coverage for similarly situated individuals enrolled in the plan or coverage.
(3) For purposes of subsection (1), rules for eligibility to enroll under a policy include rules for defining any applicable waiting periods of enrollment.
(4)(a) An insurer that offers health insurance coverage may not require any individual, as a condition of enrollment or continued enrollment under the policy, to pay a premium or contribution that is greater than such premium or contribution for a similarly situated individual enrolled under the policy on the basis of any health-status-related factor in relation to the individual or to an individual enrolled under the policy as a dependent of the individual.
(b) This subsection does not:
1. Restrict the amount that an employer may be charged for coverage under a group health insurance policy; or
2. Prevent an insurer that offers group health insurance coverage from establishing premium discounts or rebates or modifying otherwise applicable copayments or deductibles in return for adherence to programs of health promotion and disease prevention.
History.s. 10, ch. 97-179.

Cases Citing F.S. 627.65625

Fla. Stat. § 627.65625 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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·Friedman v. New York Life Ins. Co., 985 So. 2d 56 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008).

Cited 77 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 2435935

...een thousand dollars, but fails to tie this loss to a statutory violation. Appellant's declaratory relief claim alleges that New York Life improperly discriminated by increasing premium rates based on claimants' history/health status in violation of section 627.65625....
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·Susan J. Friedman v. New York Life Ins. Co., 410 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2005).

Cited 26 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 10356, 2005 WL 1324593

asserts that New York Life has violated Fla.Code § 627.65625, which provides in relevant part: (1)
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