§ 27-1-37-2 — "Health maintenance organization" defined

As used in this chapter, "health maintenance
organization" means a person that undertakes to provide or arrange for
the delivery of health care services to individuals on a prepaid basis,
except for the individual's responsibility for copayments or deductibles.
The term includes a limited service health maintenance organization.
The term does not include a staff-model health maintenance
organization that employs a group of providers and that requires the
providers to provide health care services solely to individuals who are
entitled to coverage under a contract with the staff-model health
maintenance organization or an affiliate of the staff-model health
maintenance organization.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.197-2001, SEC.1.