Section 21.55.010. Creation; membership; information from members.

   (a) There is established a nonprofit incorporated legal entity to be known as the Comprehensive Health Insurance Association. Membership consists of all licensed hospital or medical service corporations in the state that offer subscriber contracts for major medical coverage, all health maintenance organizations or other managed care arrangements approved by the director, all licensed self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements in the state, and all insurers licensed to transact health insurance in the state that offer policies for major medical coverage on an expense incurred basis. All members shall maintain membership in the association as a condition of doing health insurance business, or being able to offer subscriber contracts or enrollment in a health maintenance organization, self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement, or managed care arrangement in the state.
   (b) A member shall submit reports and provide information required by the board or the director to implement this chapter as a condition of transacting business in the state.

Authorities

21.27.660;21.36.450;21.36.430;21.36.485;21.42.347;21.55.500

Notes

References

3 AAC 31.549
AS 21.27.660 Definitions.
AS 21.36.450 Definition of insurer for AS 21.36.430 - 21.36.440.
AS 21.36.485 Coverage of children.
AS 21.42.347 Coverage for costs of birth.
AS 21.55.500 Definitions.

History

(Sec. 2 ch 126 SLA 1992; am Sec. 2 ch 125 SLA 1994; am Sec. 45 ch 38 SLA 2002; am Sec. 2 ch 108 SLA 2006)