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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 507B.2, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. "Person" shall mean any of the following: 1 4 a. Any individual, corporation, association, partnership, 1 5 reciprocal exchange, interinsurer, fraternal beneficiary 1 6 association, and any other legal entity engaged in the 1 7 business of insurance, includingagentsproducers, brokers and 1 8 adjusters."Person" shall also mean any1 9 b. Any corporation operating under the provisions of 1 10 chapter 514 and any benevolent association as defined and 1 11 operated under chapter 512A. For purposes of this chapter, 1 12 corporations operating under the provisions of chapter 514 and 1 13 chapter 512A shall be deemed to be engaged in the business of 1 14 insurance. 1 15 c. An organized delivery system authorized under 1993 Iowa 1 16 Acts, chapter 158, and licensed by the director of public 1 17 health. For purposes of this chapter, licensed organized 1 18 delivery systems operating under the provisions of 1993 Iowa 1 19 Acts, chapter 158, shall be deemed to be engaged in the 1 20 business of insurance. 1 21 Sec. 2. Section 507B.4, Code 2003, is amended by adding 1 22 the following new subsection: 1 23 NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL. 1 24 Communicating to a covered individual who is hospitalized, 1 25 either directly or through an intermediary, that the covered 1 26 individual should or must be discharged or released from the 1 27 hospital by a certain time or date, without first providing 1 28 the covered individual with written consent to such discharge 1 29 or release endorsed by the covered individual's attending 1 30 health care provider. 1 31 EXPLANATION 1 32 This bill adds a new subsection to Code section 507B.4, 1 33 relating to unfair methods of competition and unfair or 1 34 deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance. 1 35 The bill prohibits as an unfair act or practice by an 2 1 insurance company the communication to a covered individual 2 2 that the individual must be discharged or released from the 2 3 hospital by a certain time or date prior to the individual 2 4 receiving written consent to discharge from the individual's 2 5 health care provider. 2 6 A related amendment is made to Code section 507B.2 2 7 regarding the definition of "person" under Code chapter 507B 2 8 to include organized delivery systems. The definition states 2 9 that for purposes of the chapter, organized delivery systems 2 10 are deemed to be engaged in the business of insurance. This 2 11 definitional inclusion also makes the new unfair act or 2 12 practice in Code section 507B.4, as well as existing ones, 2 13 applicable to organized delivery systems. 2 14 A person who violates a provision of Code section 507B.4 is 2 15 subject to entry of a cease and desist order and payment of 2 16 monetary penalties under Code section 507B.7 and to a monetary 2 17 penalty under Code section 507B.11 for a violation of a cease 2 18 and desist order in the amount of up to $10,000 for each 2 19 violation, as well as potential suspension or revocation of 2 20 the person's license. 2 21 LSB 2165HH 80 2 22 jj/pj/5
Text: HF00145 Text: HF00147 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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