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Section 1Corporations governed by chapter; services received in nonparticipating hospital; substitution of benefits in nursing homes
Section 1ARight to become subscriber; open enrollment periods
Section 1BMedicare supplemental group coverage; medical assistance recipients
Section 1CRetroactive premium rate increase
Section 1DContracts of reinsurance
Section 2Incorporators; directors; certificate of organization; commissioner’s examination report
Section 3Certificate of compliance; examination by commissioner
Section 3ADiscrimination against abuse victims in terms of hospital service plans
Section 3BMedical service plans; genetic tests; discrimination based on genetic information
Section 4Accounting system; accountant, claim manager, underwriter and actuary
Section 5Joint administration with certain corporations
Section 6Approval of nongroup contracts
Section 7Information gathering authority of commissioner
Section 8Conditions to issuance or delivery of contract
Section 81/2Sale of group non-profit hospital service contracts
Section 8AMental illness expenses; inclusion in contracts as benefits; biologically-based mental disorders; rape-related mental disorders; non-biologically-based mental disorders for children and adolescents under age 19
Section 8A1/2Repealed, 2000, 80, Sec. 5
Section 8BDependent coverage for newborn infants or adoptive children; inclusion in contracts
Section 8CRefusal to contract with blind or deaf persons; prohibition
Section 8DLimited extension of benefits
Section 8EDiethylstilbestrol exposure; discrimination
Section 8FDivorced or separated spouses; continuation of eligibility for benefits
Section 8GCardiac rehabilitation expense benefits
Section 8HPrenatal, childbirth and postpartum care benefits; minimum coverage for in-patient care
Section 8IHome care benefits
Section 8JMinimum requirements for cytologic screening and mammographic examination expense benefits
Section 8KInfertility diagnosis and treatment benefits
Section 8LNonprescription enteral formulas for home use
Section 8MStandardized claim form
Section 8NOff-label drug use; cancer
Section 8OHospital service plan benefits for bone marrow transplants
Section 8PItems medically necessary for diagnosis and treatment of diabetes
Section 8QHIV/AIDS treatment; off-label prescription drug coverage
Section 8RCoverage of hospice services for terminally ill patients
Section 8SNurse anesthetist and nurse practitioner services
Section 8TScalp hair prostheses necessary due to cancer or leukemia treatment
Section 8UEmergency services provided to insureds for emergency medical conditions
Section 8VCoverage for human leukocyte or histocompatibility locus antigen testing
Section 8WOutpatient services; hormone replacement therapy for peri and post menopausal women; contraceptive services; approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices; exception
Section 8XCoverage for patient care services under qualified clinical trials
Section 8YDiagnosis and treatment of speech, hearing and language disorders
Section 8ZRepealed, 2008, 451, Sec. 136
Section 8AACoverage of prosthetic devices and repairs
Section 8BBCoverage for persons under age 26 or for 2 years after end of calendar year in which persons last qualified as dependents
Section 8CCCoverage for medically necessary hypodermic syringes or needles
Section 8DDCoverage for diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder
Section 8EECoverage for children under age 18 for cleft lip and cleft palate
Section 9Repealed, 1996, 297, Sec. 11
Section 10Group hospital service plan; approval or disapproval of contracts and rates; filing
Section 10APreferred provider arrangements
Section 11Officers; duties
Section 12Publication of assets and liabilities
Section 13Hospitalization and medical service for officers and employees of corporation
Section 14Misrepresentation of terms of subscriber’s contract
Section 14A[There is no 176A:14A.]
Section 14BDisclosure of information; mental or nervous conditions; exceptions
Section 15Costs of solicitation of subscribers and administration
Section 16Acquisition of real estate; leases; tax exemption; limit; approval of investments, sales, loans and places of deposit
Section 17Submission of disputes and controversies
Section 18Annual statement of condition; verification, filing, form, violations
Section 18AFinancial statements; inclusion of electronic data processing equipment as asset
Section 19Tax exemption
Section 20Filing of amendment of by-laws
Section 21Submission of advertising matter to commissioner
Section 22Filing of riders, endorsements and applications with commissioner
Section 23Grounds for enjoining transaction of business; rehabilitation proceedings; duties of receiver; distribution of assets
Section 24Special contingent reserve fund
Section 25Licensing of agents
Section 26Salaries, compensation or emoluments paid by corporation
Section 27Payroll deductions for governmental employees
Section 27ARepealed, 1955, 628, Sec. 3
Section 28Violations; penalties
Section 29Application
Section 30Savings clause
Section 31Contracts for administrative or other services; loans and investments
Section 32Payment of sums owed to subscriber’s estate
Section 33Insolvency of health maintenance organization; replacement coverage
Section 34Report of individuals provided with creditable coverage
Section 36Attribution of members to a primary care provider
Section 37Disclosure of patient-level data and contracted prices of individual health care services by carriers to providers