Sec. 3519.
(1) A health maintenance organization contract and the contract's rates, including any deductibles, copayments, and coinsurances, between the organization and its subscribers shall be fair, sound, and reasonable in relation to the services provided, and the procedures for offering and terminating contracts shall not be unfairly discriminatory.
(2) A health maintenance organization contract and the contract's rates shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, residence within the approved service area of the health maintenance organization, lawful occupation, sex, handicap, or marital status, except that marital status may be used to classify individuals or risks for the purpose of insuring family units. The commissioner may approve a rate differential based on sex, age, residence, disability, marital status, or lawful occupation, if the differential is supported by sound actuarial principles, a reasonable classification system, and is related to the actual and credible loss statistics or reasonably anticipated experience for new coverages. A healthy lifestyle program as defined in section 3517(2) is not subject to the commissioner's approval under this subsection and is not required to be supported by sound actuarial principles, a reasonable classification system, or be related to actual and credible loss statistics or reasonably anticipated experience for new coverages.
(3) All health maintenance organization contracts shall include, at a minimum, basic health services.
History: Add. 2000, Act 252, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 304, Imd. Eff. May 10, 2002 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 621, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 306, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2005
Popular Name: Act 218
Popular Name: HMO
Last modified: October 10, 2016