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27-19A-8
Section 27-19A-8 Plans not in conformance with chapter unlawful. It shall be unlawful
for any insurer or any person to provide any health insurance policy or employee benefit plan
providing for dental care services that does not conform to the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-411, p. 960, §7.)...
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27-19A-9
Section 27-19A-9 Nonconforming policies and plans not to be approved by commissioner.
The Commissioner of Insurance shall not approve for sale in this state any health insurance
policy or employee benefit plan providing for dental care services which does not conform
to the provisions of this chapter or to the provisions of Sections 27-14-8 and 27-14-9. (Acts
1984, No. 84-411, p. 960, §8.)...
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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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27-45-5
Section 27-45-5 Article does not mandate that pharmaceutical services be provided. The
provisions of this article do not mandate that any type of benefits for pharmaceutical services,
including without limitation, prescription drugs, be provided by a health insurance policy
or an employee benefit plan. (Acts 1988, No. 88-379, p. 565, §5.)...
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27-56-2
Section 27-56-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, 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) EYE CARE PROVIDER. A licensed optometrist or a licensed ophthalmologist.
(3) INSURANCE POLICY, PLAN, OR CONTRACT PROVIDING FOR THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT OR PREPAYMENT OF
HEALTH OR MEDICAL EXPENSES. Includes an individual or group policy for accident or health
insurance, an individual or group hospital or health care service contract, an individual
or group health maintenance organization contract, an organized delivery system contract,
or a preferred provider organization contract, and any other similar policy, plan, or contract.
This term shall not include any employee welfare benefit plan, as defined...
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27-1-17
Section 27-1-17 Limitation periods for payment of claims; overdue claims; retroactive
denials, adjustments, etc.; penalties. (a) Each insurer, health service corporation, and health
benefit plan that issues or renews any policy of accident or health insurance providing benefits
for medical or hospital expenses for its insured persons shall pay for services rendered by
Alabama health care providers within 45 calendar days upon receipt of a clean written claim
or 30 calendar days upon receipt of a clean electronic claim. If the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan is denying or pending the claim, the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan shall, within 45 calendar days for a written claim and
30 calendar days for an electronic claim, notify the health care provider or certificate holder
of the reason for denying or pending the claim and what, if any, additional information is
required to process the claim. Any undisputed portion of the claim...
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27-55-3
Section 27-55-3 Prohibited practices; disclosure of information. (a) No insurer may:
(1) Deny, refuse to issue, renew, or reissue, cancel, or otherwise terminate, restrict, or
exclude coverage on an insurance policy or health benefit plan on the basis of an applicant's
or insured's abuse status, or on the basis of any association, relationship, or assistance
to a subject of abuse. (2) Exclude or limit coverage for a loss, deny benefits, or deny a
claim on the basis of the insured's abuse status, or on the basis of any association, relationship,
or assistance to a subject of abuse, except as otherwise permitted or required by the laws
of this state relating to acts of abuse committed by a life insurance beneficiary. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this section, a liability insurer may include policy provisions
providing that a payment required by this subsection may be denied or, if paid, recovered
by the insurer from the insured, if the claim arose out of an act of abuse by...
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27-54-2
Section 27-54-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have
the following meanings: (1) DAY TREATMENT SERVICES. Includes, but is not limited to: Physiological,
psychological, and psychosocial concepts, techniques, and processes necessary to maintain
or develop functional skills of clients, provided to individuals and groups for periods of
more than two hours but less than 24 hours a day. (2) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. A health care service
plan governed by the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 4, Title 10, and a group health insurance
policy, including an employee welfare health benefit plan, that covers hospital, medical,
or surgical expenses, issued by insurers, 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...
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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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