§ 514B.17A — Rescission

Iowa § 514B.17A

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 514B: HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS

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1. A health maintenance organization may rescind an enrollee’s membership in the
health maintenance organization if the enrollee makes a material false statement or
misrepresentation in the enrollee’s application for membership. A written notice of
rescission shall be sent to the enrollee by certified mail addressed to the enrollee and sent
to the enrollee’s last address known to the health maintenance organization and shall state
the reason for the rescission. The enrollee may appeal the rescission to the commissioner as
provided by the commissioner by rules adopted under chapter 17A.
2. An enrollee’s membership in a health maintenance organization shall not be rescinded
as provided in subsection 1 more than two years after the date of the enrollee’s enrollment in
the health maintenance organization.