(SB 47)
Health maintenance organizations may rate employer sponsored plans
without prior approval.
Section
1.
That
§
58-41-46
be amended to read as follows:
58-41-46.
No schedule of charges for enrollee coverage for comprehensive health maintenance
services, or amendment thereto, may be used in conjunction with any health maintenance contract
until a copy of
such
the
schedule, or amendment thereto, has been filed with and approved by the
director.
No schedule of charges for an employer sponsored plan is subject to the provisions of this
section.
Section
2.
That
§
58-41-47
be amended to read as follows:
58-41-47.
The director shall, within a reasonable period, approve any form if the requirements
of § 58-41-43 are met and any schedule of charges if the requirements of § 58-41-44 are met.
It
shall be unlawful to
No person may
issue
such
a
form or
to
use
such
a
schedule of charges
, except
those not subject to
§
58-41-46,
until approved. If the director does not disapprove any form or
schedule of charges within thirty days of the filing of
such
the
forms or schedules, they shall be
deemed approved.