Kahn v. State, Office of Insurance Regulation

Florida District Courts of Appeal
Kahn v. State, Office of Insurance Regulation, 881 So. 2d 699 (2004)
2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 13328; 2004 WL 1969687
Davis, Padovano, Polston

Kahn v. State, Office of Insurance Regulation

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, David S. Kahn, appeals an order of the Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) dismissing his petition for declaratory statement because OIR does not have substantive jurisdiction and the petition seeks approval or disapproval of conduct that already occurred. Because the appellant’s petition essentially challenges the correctness of OIR’s approved rate increase to his single-life, small group HMO plan, we agree with OIR that the petition for declaratory statement should be dismissed. See B.J.L. v. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 558 So.2d 1078 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990)(ruling that a “petition for declaratory statement under Section 120.565 is not the appropriate means to challenge agency decisions”). Therefore, we affirm, without prejudice to the appellant’s right to file a petition pursuant to sections 120.569 and/or 120.57, Florida Statutes.1

AFFIRMED.

DAVIS, PADOVANO and POLSTON, JJ., concur.

. We do not comment on the legality of such a petition or any of the related issues.

Reference

Full Case Name
David S. KAHN v. STATE of Florida, OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published