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1999 SESSION

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SB 1213 Health insurance; assignment of benefits; dentists.

Introduced by: Stephen H. Martin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health insurance; assignment of benefits; dentists. Permits health care coverage plan providers to accept assignments of benefits executed by covered individuals in favor of dentists. The bill is applicable to (i) insurers issuing individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis, (ii) corporations providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts, (iii) health maintenance organizations providing health care plans for health care services, and (iv) dental services plans offering or administering prepaid dental services. Such assignment is permitted so long as the dentist obtaining the assignment of benefits accepts the reimbursement under the assignment as payment in full and does not charge the insured, subscriber, or plan enrollee any further amount except for the amount of any applicable deductible, copayment, or coinsurance. ”Assignment of benefits” means the transfer of health care coverage reimbursement benefits or other rights under an insurance policy, subscription contract or health care plan by an insured, subscriber or plan enrollee to a dentist.


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