Louisiana § 22:1823 Hospitalization insurance, exclusion of payments to medical facilities owned or operated by state or for services reimbursed by medical assistance

Louisiana Statutes

§ 22:1823 — Hospitalization insurance, exclusion of payments to medical facilities owned or operated by state or for services reimbursed by medical assistance

Louisiana § 22:1823

Title 22Insurance

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Bluebook

La. Stat. Ann. § 22:1823 (2026).

Text

A.No policy of hospitalization insurance shall be issued after August 31, 1968, by any insurer doing business in this state which excludes payment of benefits to an insured for services rendered to the insured by a medical facility owned or operated by the state of Louisiana or any of its political subdivisions, whether it be a general hospital, a mental hospital, a tubercular hospital, or a geriatric hospital. Any policy provision in violation of this Subsection shall be invalid.

B.No policy of hospitalization insurance shall be issued by any insurer doing business in this state which excludes payment of benefits to an insured or his assignee for services rendered by a physician, hospital, or other provider of medical services, which services are considered reimbursable in whole or in p

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A. No policy of hospitalization insurance shall be issued after August 31, 1968, by any insurer doing business in this state which excludes payment of benefits to an insured for services rendered to the insured by a medical facility owned or operated by the state of Louisiana or any of its political subdivisions, whether it be a general hospital, a mental hospital, a tubercular hospital, or a geriatric hospital. Any policy provision in violation of this Subsection shall be invalid.
B. No policy of hospitalization insurance shall be issued by any insurer doing business in this state which excludes payment of benefits to an insured or his assignee for services rendered by a physician, hospital, or other provider of medical services, which services are considered reimbursable in whole or in part from federal or state medical assistance funds provided pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act and R.S. 46:153. Any payment in excess of actual charges for such services shall be reimbursed to the appropriate federal or state medical assistance fund by the person or establishment receiving such excess payment.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1958, No. 246, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 462, §1; Acts 1980, No. 822, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:659 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.