Florida Statutes Title XXXVII. Insurance § 627.443. Essential health benefits

(a) “EHB-benchmark plan” has the same meaning as provided in 45 C.F.R. s. 156.20.

(b) “PPACA” has the same meaning as in s. 627.402.

(a) Must include at least one service or coverage under each of the 10 essential health benefits categories under 42 U.S.C. s. 18022(b) which are required under PPACA;

(b) May fulfill the requirement in paragraph (a) by selecting one or more services or coverages for each of the required categories from the list of essential health benefits required by any single state or multiple states; and

(c) May comply with paragraphs (a) and (b) by selecting one or more services or coverages from any one or more of the required categories of essential health benefits from one state or multiple states.

(a) May be submitted to the office for consideration as part of the office's study of this state's essential health benefits benchmark plan; and

(b) May also be submitted to the office for evaluation as equivalent to the current state EHB-benchmark plan or to any EHB-benchmark plan created in the future.