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2000 SESSION

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HB 1497 Accident and sickness insurance; notice of priority of benefits.

Introduced by: Jeannemarie Devolites | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Accident and sickness insurance; notice of priority of benefits. Requires accident and sickness insurers, corporations providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations to provide written notification to the insured, subscriber or member, as a prominent part of its enrollment materials, that if such person is covered under another group policy, contract or plan, that policy, contract or plan may have primary responsibility for the covered expenses of other family members enrolled with the insured, subscriber or member. The notice shall describe the conditions under which coverage would be primary for dependant children, and the method for verifying which coverage would have primary responsibility. A similar requirement is established by this bill with respect to the health insurance plan for state employees.


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