General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 176H Legal Services Plans

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 176H, Section 1
  In this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings:— “Attorney”, an attorney at law who is a member of the bar of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment and operation of insured legal services plan; types of plans - Chapter 176H, Section 2
  Any sponsor may establish and operate an insured legal services plan underwritten in whole or in part by an insurer subject to the provisions of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Insurer of insured legal services plans - Chapter 176H, Section 3
  Insurance corporations may be insurers of insured legal services plans, and such companies shall be subject to the insurance laws of the commonwealth except insofar...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Insurance certificates; issuance; required provisions - Chapter 176H, Section 4
  An insurance certificate shall be issued to each insured under an insured legal services plan. No insurance certificate shall be issued unless it contains the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Group insurance policy or insurance certificate contract; filing copies; approval; hearing - Chapter 176H, Section 5
  No insurer shall issue a group insurance policy providing benefits for legal services or an insurance certificate which is a contract, or any amendment to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rates under insured legal services plan - Chapter 176H, Section 6
  The rates to be charged by an insurer for an insurance certificate contract under an insured legal services plan approved under the provisions of this...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Membership legal services plan - Chapter 176H, Section 7
  Any corporation formed under the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty, any corporation formed under general or special law for any of the purposes...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Membership certificate; required provisions - Chapter 176H, Section 8
  A membership certificate shall be issued by a sponsor to each participating member under a membership legal services plan. No membership certificate shall be issued...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Issuance of membership certificates; filing of copy of plan and certificate for commissioner’s approval; hearing - Chapter 176H, Section 9
  No sponsor shall issue a membership certificate or any amendment to a membership certificate previously approved and issued without prior approval of the commissioner, and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rates under membership legal services plan - Chapter 176H, Section 10
  The rates to be charged by a sponsor under a membership legal services plan approved under this chapter shall be filed and determined in accordance...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Hearing; determination to modify provisions or rescind prior approval - Chapter 176H, Section 11
  The commissioner may, upon not less than fifteen days’ written notice to all interested parties, hold a public hearing upon an insured legal services plan...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Hearing; orders or decisions made without hearing; request; decisions to be in writing - Chapter 176H, Section 12
  Any insurer or sponsor or other interested party aggrieved by any order or decision of the commissioner made without a hearing, or the advisory committee...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Examination of books, records, papers, officers and employees; costs and expenses; confidential matters exempt - Chapter 176H, Section 13
  The commissioner, or any deputy examiner or any other person designated by the commissioner, shall, at least once in three years, and at other times...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Disputes or controversies; hearings - Chapter 176H, Section 14
  Any dispute or controversy arising between an insurer or sponsor and any attorney, insured, or member, or any person whose insurance certificate contract or membership...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Injunction - Chapter 176H, Section 15
  Upon application to the superior court by the commissioner, injunctive relief may be granted if any sponsor of an insured legal services plan or a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Sale of legal services plan - Chapter 176H, Section 16
  It shall be unlawful for any person, group of persons, or entity except an insurer or sponsor of an insured legal services plan or a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations - Chapter 176H, Section 17
  The commissioner may, after public hearing, promulgate appropriate rules and regulations for the execution of his duties under this chapter. The rules and regulations may...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 31 - Chapter 176H, Section 18
  Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Enforcement of chapter - Chapter 176H, Section 19
  The provisions of this chapter may be enforced by a complaint brought in the superior court by the commissioner or the advisory committee on prepaid...

Last modified: September 11, 2015