Florida Statutes
Part IX - Unfair Insurance Trade Practices (Ss. 626.951-626.99)
626.97075 - Life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance; discrimination against living organ donors prohibited.


(1) As used in this section, the term “policy” means any of the following:
(a) An individual or group life insurance policy.
(b) An industrial life insurance policy, as the term “industrial life insurance” is defined in s. 627.502(1).
(c) A credit life insurance or credit disability insurance policy, as the terms “credit life insurance” and “credit disability insurance” are defined in s. 627.677(1) and (2), respectively.
(d) A long-term care insurance policy, as defined in s. 627.9404(1).

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer may not, under a policy:
(a) Decline or limit coverage of a person solely due to his or her status as a living organ donor;
(b) Preclude an insured from donating all or part of an organ as a condition to continuing to receive coverage under the policy; or
(c) Otherwise discriminate in the offering, issuance, cancellation, coverage, premium, or any other condition of the policy for a person without any additional actuarial risk and based solely on his or her status as a living organ donor.

(3) The commission may adopt rules and take actions necessary to enforce this section.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2022-59.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII - Insurance

Chapter 626 - Insurance Field Representatives and Operations

Part IX - Unfair Insurance Trade Practices (Ss. 626.951-626.99)

626.951 - Declaration of purpose.

626.9511 - Definitions.

626.9521 - Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices prohibited; penalties.

626.9531 - Identification of insurers, agents, and insurance contracts.

626.9541 - Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.

626.9543 - Holocaust victims.

626.9545 - Improper charge identification incentive program.

626.9551 - Favored agent or insurer; coercion of debtors.

626.9561 - Power of department and office.

626.9571 - Defined practices; hearings, witnesses, appearances, production of books and service of process.

626.9581 - Cease and desist and penalty orders.

626.9591 - Appeals from the department or office.

626.9601 - Penalty for violation of cease and desist orders.

626.9611 - Rules.

626.9621 - Provisions of part additional to existing law.

626.9631 - Civil liability.

626.9641 - Policyholders, bill of rights.

626.9651 - Privacy.

626.9701 - Rate increases and premium surcharges; consideration of certain noncriminal violations for excessive speed prohibited.

626.9702 - Illegal dealings in premiums; excess charges for insurance.

626.9705 - Life or disability insurance; illegal dealings.

626.9706 - Life insurance; discrimination on basis of sickle-cell trait prohibited.

626.9707 - Disability insurance; discrimination on basis of sickle-cell trait prohibited.

626.97075 - Life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance; discrimination against living organ donors prohibited.

626.973 - Fictitious groups.

626.9741 - Use of credit reports and credit scores by insurers.

626.9743 - Claim settlement practices relating to motor vehicle insurance.

626.9744 - Claim settlement practices relating to property insurance.

626.9885 - Financial institutions conducting insurance transactions.

626.989 - Investigation by department or Division of Investigative and Forensic Services; compliance; immunity; confidential information; reports to division; division investigator’s power of arrest.

626.9891 - Insurer anti-fraud investigative units; reporting requirements; penalties for noncompliance.

626.9892 - Anti-Fraud Reward Program; reporting of insurance fraud.

626.9893 - Disposition of revenues; criminal or forfeiture proceedings.

626.9894 - Gifts and grants.

626.9896 - Dedicated insurance fraud prosecutors.

626.99 - Life insurance solicitation.