Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Sep. 05, 2006
The issue is whether Petitioner's application for a 25.75 percent increase for its individual long term care policy form, number 93710(FL), filed on February 7, 2006, meets the applicable tests of Section 627.410, Florida Statutes,1 and Florida Administrative Code Rule 69O-149.005, and should be approved. Also at issue is whether Subsection 627.9407(7)(c), Florida Statutes (as amended by Section 9, Ch. 2006-254, Laws of Florida, effective July 1, 2007), applies in this case; and, if so, the propriety of Respondent's intended implementation of that amended statute to Petitioner's rate filing, and whether Petitioner's rate increase filing should be disapproved due to Respondent's implementation of that statute.Petitioner demonstrated that its application for a 25.75 percent increase in its home health care rates meets the applicable statutory and rule criteria and should be approved.
