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27-19-52
Section 27-19-52 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the meaning indicated herein: (1) APPLICANT. Includes either of the following: a. In the case
of an individual Medicare supplement policy or subscriber contract, the person who seeks to
contract for insurance benefits. b. In the case of a group Medicare supplement policy or subscriber
contract, the proposed certificate holder. (2) CERTIFICATE. Any certificate issued under a
group Medicare supplement policy, which policy has been delivered or issued for delivery in
this state. (3) CERTIFICATE FORM. The form on which the certificate is delivered or issued
for delivery by the issuer. (4) ISSUER. Insurance companies, fraternal benefit societies,
health care service plans, health maintenance organizations, and any other entity delivering
or issuing for delivery in this state Medicare supplement policies or certificates. (5) MEDICARE.
The "Health Insurance for the Aged Act," Title XVIII of the Social...
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27-57-2
Section 27-57-2 Coverage; applicability. (a) All group health benefit plans, policies, contracts,
and certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state
on or after August 1, 2004, shall offer, at the time of proposal, sale, or renewal of a policy
subject to this chapter, to include colorectal cancer examinations within the coverage. Such
offer of coverage shall include colorectal cancer examinations for covered persons who are
50 years of age or older, or for covered persons who are less than 50 years of age and at
high risk for colorectal cancer according to current American Cancer Society colorectal cancer
screening guidelines. (b) This chapter shall apply to group accident and sickness insurance
policies issued by a fraternal benefit society, a nonprofit hospital service corporation,
a nonprofit medical service corporation, a group health care plan, a health maintenance organization,
or any similar entity. (Act 2004-502, p. 969, ยง2.)...
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27-58-1
Section 27-58-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, employee welfare benefit
plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery,
or renewed in this state by a health care insurer, health maintenance organization, accident
and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit hospital service corporation, nonprofit
medical service corporation, health care service plan, or any other person, firm, corporation,
joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for insureds or beneficiaries in
this state. The term includes, but is not limited to, entities created pursuant to Article
6 of Chapter 20 of Title 10A. A health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State
of Alabama is deemed to be subject to this chapter if it receives, processes, adjudicates,
pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or on...
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27-59-1
Section 27-59-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, employee welfare benefit
plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery,
or renewed in this state by a health care insurer, health maintenance organization, accident
and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit hospital service corporation, nonprofit
medical service corporation, health care service plan, or any other person, firm, corporation,
joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for insureds or beneficiaries in
this state. The term includes, but is not limited to, entities created pursuant to Article
6 of Chapter 20 of Title 10A. A health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State
of Alabama is deemed to be subject to this chapter if it receives, processes, adjudicates,
pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or on...
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27-19A-12
Section 27-19A-12 Dental services - Coverages; fees; exceptions. (a) As used in this section,
the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COVERED PERSON. Any individual,
family, or family member on whose behalf third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical
expenses is provided under an insurance policy, plan, or contract providing for third-party
payment or prepayment of health care or medical expenses. (2) COVERED SERVICES. Dental care
services for which a reimbursement is available under an enrollee's plan contract, or for
which a reimbursement would be available but for the application of contractual limitations
such as deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, waiting periods, annual or lifetime maximums,
frequency limitations, alternative benefit payments, or any other limitation. (3) DENTAL CARE
PROVIDER. A licensed dentist. (4) DENTAL PLAN. Includes any policy of insurance which is issued
by a health care service contractor which provides for coverage of...
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27-49-3
Section 27-49-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, policy, or contract for health
care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery, renewed in this state by a health care
insurer, health maintenance organization, accident and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit
society, nonprofit hospital service corporation, nonprofit medical service corporation, health
care service plan, or any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar
business entity that pays for, purchases, or furnishes health care services to patients, insureds,
or beneficiaries in this state. The term includes, but is not limited to, entities created
pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 10. For the purposes of this chapter, a health
benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State of Alabama is deemed to be subject
to the provisions of this chapter if it receives, processes,...
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27-15-24
Section 27-15-24 Exclusions and restrictions in life insurance policies. (a) No policy of life
insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state if it contains any of the
following provisions: (1) A provision for a period shorter than that provided by statute within
which an action may be commenced on such a policy; and (2) A provision which excludes or restricts
liability for death caused in a certain specified manner or occurring while the insured has
a specified status; except, that a policy may contain provisions excluding or restricting
coverage as specified therein in the event of death under any one or more of the following
circumstances: a. Death as a result, directly or indirectly, of war, declared or undeclared,
or of action by military forces, or of any act or hazard of such war or action, or of service
in the military, naval, or air forces or in civilian forces auxiliary thereto, or from any
cause while a member of such military, naval, or air forces of any...
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27-19-52.1
Section 27-19-52.1 Applicability of article. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided,
this article shall apply to both of the following: (1) All Medicare supplement policies delivered
or issued for delivery in this state on or after August 1, 2000. (2) All certificates issued
under group Medicare supplement policies, which certificates have been delivered or issued
for delivery in this state. (b) This article shall not apply to a policy of one or more employers
or labor organizations, or of the trustees of a fund established by one or more employees
or labor organizations, or combination thereof, for employees or former employees or a combination
thereof, or for members or former members, or a combination thereof, of the labor organizations.
(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided in subsection (d) of Section 27-19-56, this
article is not intended to prohibit or apply to insurance policies or health care benefit
plans, including group conversion policies, provided to...
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27-20-1
Section 27-20-1 Group disability insurance - Eligible groups. Group disability insurance is
hereby declared to be that form of disability insurance covering groups of persons as defined
in this section, with or without one or more members of their families or one or more of their
dependents, or covering one or more members of the families or one or more dependents of such
groups of persons, and issued upon the following basis: (1) Under a policy issued to an employer
or trustees of a fund established by an employer, who shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring
employees of such employer for the benefit of persons other than the employer. The term "employees"
as used in this subdivision shall be deemed to include the officers, managers, and employees
of the employer, the individual proprietor or partner if the employer is an individual proprietor
or partnership, the officers, managers, and employees of subsidiary or affiliated corporations
and the individual proprietors, partners, and...
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27-50-3
Section 27-50-3 Health benefit plan. As used in this chapter, the term "health benefit
plan" has the following meaning: A health insurance policy, including a self-insured
health plan, that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, health maintenance organizations,
preferred provider organizations, medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations,
or any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that
pays for, purchases, or furnishes health care services to patients, insureds, or beneficiaries
in this state. The term does not include accident-only, specified disease, individual hospital
indemnity, credit, dental-only, Medicare-supplement, long-term care, or disability income
insurance; coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers' compensation or
similar insurance; or automobile medical-payment insurance. For the purpose of this chapter,
a health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State of...
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