2017 Florida Statutes
TITLE XXXVII - INSURANCE
Chapter 627 - INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS
Part VI - HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES (ss. 627.601-627.64995)
627.6408 - Diabetes treatment services.
627.6408 Diabetes treatment services.—
(1) A health insurance policy or group health insurance policy sold in this state must provide coverage for all medically appropriate and necessary equipment, supplies, and diabetes outpatient self-management training and educational services used to treat diabetes, if the patient’s treating physician or a physician who specializes in the treatment of diabetes certifies that such services are necessary.
(2) The policy may require that diabetes outpatient self-management training and educational services be provided under the direct supervision of a certified diabetes educator or a board-certified endocrinologist. The policy may further require that nutrition counseling be provided by a licensed dietitian.
(3) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall adopt standards for diabetes outpatient self-management training and educational services, taking into consideration standards approved by the American Diabetes Association.
History.—s. 3, ch. 95-268; s. 1, ch. 96-279.