Fla. Stat. § 409.813: Health benefits coverage; program components; entitlement and nonentitlement.

(1) The Florida Kidcare program includes health benefits coverage provided to children through the following program components, which shall be marketed as the Florida Kidcare program:

(a) Medicaid;

(b) Medikids as created in s. 409.8132;

(c) The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation as created in s. 624.91;

(d) Employer-sponsored group health insurance plans approved under ss. 409.810-409.821; and

(e) Plans under contract with the agency to serve children and youth with special health care needs.

(2) Except for Title XIX-funded Florida Kidcare program coverage under the Medicaid program, coverage under the Florida Kidcare program is not an entitlement. No cause of action shall arise against the state, the department, the Department of Children and Families, or the agency for failure to make health services available to any person under ss. 409.810-409.821.

History.—ss. 35, 57, ch. 98-288; s. 22, ch. 2003-405; s. 4, ch. 2009-113; s. 196, ch. 2014-19; s. 21, ch. 2025-88.