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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 641
HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROGRAMS
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F.S. 641.18
641.18 Declaration of legislative intent, findings, and purposes.
(1) Faced with the continuation of mounting costs of health care, coupled with the state’s interest in high-quality care, the Legislature has determined that there is a need to explore alternative methods for the delivery of health care services, with a view toward achieving greater efficiency and economy in providing these services.
(2) Health maintenance organizations, consisting of prepaid health care plans, hereinafter referred to as “plans,” are developing rapidly in many communities. Through these organizations, structured in various forms, health care services are provided directly to a group of people who make regular premium payments.
(3) These plans, when properly operated, emphasize effective cost and quality controls.
(4) It shall be the policy of this state to:
(a) Eliminate legal barriers to the organization, promotion, and expansion of comprehensive prepaid health care plans.
(b) Recognize that prepaid comprehensive health care plans shall be exempt from operation of the insurance laws of this state except in the manner and to the extent set forth in this part.
(c) Ensure that comprehensive prepaid health care plans deliver high-quality health care.
(5) Although it is the intent of this act to provide an opportunity for the development of health maintenance organizations, there is no intent to impair the present system for the delivery of health services.
(6) The Legislature has determined that the operation of a health maintenance organization without a subsisting certificate of authority or the renewal, issuance, or delivery of a health maintenance contract without a subsisting certificate of authority constitutes a danger to the citizens of this state and exposes any subscriber to immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage.
History.s. 2, ch. 72-264; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 779, 804, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; s. 5, ch. 85-177; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Cases Citing Statute 641.18

Total Results: 3

United States v. Robert M. Burton, Peter Balogun

871 F.2d 1566, 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 6243, 1989 WL 36778

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 5, 1989 | Docket: 987781

Cited 37 times | Published

Ed.2d 638 (1983). 1. Embezzlement Section 641, 18 U.S.C., makes it a federal crime or offense

United States v. Willis

560 F.3d 1246, 2009 WL 514313

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 3, 2009 | Docket: 41965

Cited 27 times | Published

[3] In violation of, respectively, 18 U.S.C. § 641; 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(1),(2); 18 U.S.C. § 287; 18 U

United States v. Freddie Wilson

788 F.3d 1298, 97 Fed. R. Serv. 999

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 5, 2015 | Docket: 2662421

Cited 22 times | Published

of government funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(c)(1). The statute defines