#4 - Florida Legislation For Member Solicitation
New Law Goes Into Effect On: March
31, 2005
The state of Florida has passed a new Bill/Legislation.
This is
basically the outcome of it:
1. All discount companies who do business in the state
of Florida need to have a license to stay in full-compliance.
AmeriPlan® has done this and is in full-compliance.
(We as brokers do NOT have to do this.)
This piece of legislation contains SPECIFIC regulations for
any MEMBER SOLICITATION that we do! This is only
for MEMBERS NOT Brokers.
In Florida ONLY: We can NO LONGER use any kind of home-made
flyers, ads, business cards, anything for MEMBERS.
2. We can ONLY use approved AmeriPlan® produced material.
Such as: 80% Brochures (AmeriPlan® is making new
ones for the state of FL) and the DVD's.
So, you can no longer put up flyers, run ads, etc. in the
state of FL for MEMBER solicitation. We can still
do the same as always for brokers.
3. If you have any kind of an alternate website, it
MUST contain the links that point to the disclosures.
(All of that information can be obtained by emailing: webcompliance@ameriplanusa.com )
4. When you have a new MEMBER enrollment to enter for
the state of Florida, you can NO LONGER submit that enrollment
online (in your AmeriPlan® Back Office.) You can
mail in the application, fax it in, or have that person
to enroll themselves on your mybenefitsplus.com site! Those
are the only ways to enroll a new Florida member.
AmeriPlan® has worked diligently to get the license in order for us to be able to continue to do business in the state of Florida.
It is now our responsibility to follow these rules as outlined.
Let's not jeopardize AmeriPlan® losing their license for
doing business in the state of Florida.
All of the SimpleAsABC sites and OneSimpleCard sites will
automatically
be updated to reflect these new laws and conditions.
You do NOT need to worry about that.