{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-627.644","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 627.644","heading":"Discrimination against handicapped prohibited.","body":"No health insurer shall refuse to provide, or shall charge unfairly discriminatory rates for, health insurance coverage for a person solely because the person is mentally or physically handicapped. Nothing in this section should be construed as requiring an insurer to provide insurance coverage against a handicap which the applicant or policyholder has already sustained.\nHistory.—s. 1, ch. 76-127; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 493, 497, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318.","path":["CHAPTER 627 INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0600-0699/0627/0627.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:10:50Z","sha256":"8ef6297a88aded07a25f504dce7452f7820ef168f7aba7624e657b281f29a1ef","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-627.643","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-627.645"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}