SECTION 641.31074. Guaranteed renewability of coverage.
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1(1) 2Except as otherwise provided in this section, a health maintenance organization that issues a health insurance contract must renew or continue in force such coverage at the option of the contract holder.
34(2) 35A health maintenance organization may nonrenew or discontinue a contract based only on one or more of the following conditions:
55(a) 56The contract holder has failed to pay premiums or contributions in accordance with the terms of the contract or the health maintenance organization has not received timely premium payments.
85(b) 86The contract holder has performed an act or practice that constitutes fraud or made an intentional misrepresentation of material fact under the terms of the contract.
112(c) 113The contract holder has failed to comply with a material provision of the plan which relates to rules for employer contributions or group participation.
137(d) 138The health maintenance organization is ceasing to offer coverage in such a market in accordance with subsection (3).
156(e) 157There is no longer any enrollee in connection with such plan who lives, resides, or works in the service area of the health maintenance organization or in the area in which the health maintenance organization is authorized to do business.
197(f) 198In the case of coverage that is made available only through one or more bona fide associations as defined in s. 219627.6571(5), 220the membership of an employer in the association, on the basis of which the coverage is provided, ceases, but only if such coverage is terminated under this paragraph uniformly without regard to any health-status-related factor that relates to any covered individuals.
261(3)(a) 262A health maintenance organization may discontinue offering a particular contract form only if:
2751. 276The health maintenance organization provides notice to each contract holder provided coverage of this form in such market, and participants and beneficiaries covered under such coverage, of such discontinuation at least 90 days prior to the date of the nonrenewal of such coverage;
3192. 320The health maintenance organization offers to each contract holder provided coverage of this form in such market the option to purchase all, or in the case of the large group market, any other health insurance coverage currently being offered by the health maintenance organization in such market; and
3683. 369In exercising the option to discontinue coverage of this form and in offering the option of coverage under subparagraph 2., the health maintenance organization acts uniformly without regard to the claims experience of those contract holders or any health-status-related factor that relates to any participants or beneficiaries covered or new participants or beneficiaries who may become eligible for such coverage.
429(b)1. 430In any case in which a health maintenance organization elects to discontinue offering all coverage in the individual market, the small group market, the large group market, or any combination thereof in this state, coverage may be discontinued by the insurer only if:
473a. 474The health maintenance organization provides notice to the office and to each contract holder, and participants and beneficiaries covered under such coverage, of such discontinuation at least 180 days prior to the date of the nonrenewal of such coverage; and
514b. 515All health insurance issued or delivered for issuance in this state in such market is discontinued and coverage under such health insurance coverage in such market is not renewed.
5442. 545In the case of a discontinuation under subparagraph 1. in a market, the health maintenance organization may not provide for the issuance of any health maintenance organization contract coverage in the market in this state during the 5-year period beginning on the date of the discontinuation of the last insurance contract not renewed.
598(4) 599At the time of coverage renewal, a health maintenance organization may modify the coverage for a product offered:
617(a) 618In the large group market;
623(b) 624In the small group market if, for coverage that is available in such market other than only through one or more bona fide associations, as defined in s. 652627.6571(5), 653such modification is consistent with s. 659627.6699660and effective on a uniform basis among group health plans with that product; or
674(c) 675In the individual market if the modification is consistent with the laws of this state and effective on a uniform basis among all individuals with that policy form.
703(5) 704In applying this section in the case of health insurance coverage that is made available by a health maintenance organization in the small group market or large group market to employers only through one or more associations, a reference to “contract holder” is deemed, with respect to coverage provided to an employer member of the association, to include a reference to such employer.
