Maine § 24-A §4203 Establishment of health maintenance organizations

Maine Statutes

§ 24-A §4203 — Establishment of health maintenance organizations

Maine § 24-A §4203

Title 24-AMAINE INSURANCE CODE

Ch. 56HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 24-A, § 24-A §4203 (2026).

Text

1.Subject to the Maine Certificate of Need Act of 2002, a person may apply to the superintendent for and obtain a certificate of authority to establish, maintain, own, merge with, organize or operate a health maintenance organization in compliance with this chapter. A person may not establish, maintain, own, merge with, organize or operate a health maintenance organization in this State either directly as a division or a line of business or indirectly through a subsidiary or affiliate, nor sell or offer to sell, or solicit offers to purchase or receive advance or periodic consideration in conjunction with, a health maintenance organization without obtaining a certificate of authority under this chapter.

2.Every existing health maintenance organization as of the effective date of this cha

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1.
Subject to the Maine Certificate of Need Act of 2002, a person may apply to the superintendent for and obtain a certificate of authority to establish, maintain, own, merge with, organize or operate a health maintenance organization in compliance with this chapter. A person may not establish, maintain, own, merge with, organize or operate a health maintenance organization in this State either directly as a division or a line of business or indirectly through a subsidiary or affiliate, nor sell or offer to sell, or solicit offers to purchase or receive advance or periodic consideration in conjunction with, a health maintenance organization without obtaining a certificate of authority under this chapter.
2.
Every existing health maintenance organization as of the effective date of this chapter shall submit an application for a certificate of authority under subsection 3 within 30 days of the effective date of this chapter. Each such applicant may continue to operate until the superintendent acts upon the application. In the event that an application is denied under section 4204, the applicant shall henceforth be treated as a health maintenance organization whose certificate of authority has been revoked.
3.
Each application for a certificate of authority shall be verified by an officer or authorized representative of the applicant, shall be in a form prescribed by the superintendent and shall set forth or be accompanied by the following:
4.
Each application for a certificate of authority shall be made in duplicate. Upon receipt of an application for a certificate of authority, the superintendent shall immediately transfer one copy to the Commissioner of Health and Human Services.

Legislative History

PL 1975, c. 293, §4 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 503 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 216, §1 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 501, §48 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 842, §§4-7 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 702, §A11 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 332, §O1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 673, §D2 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 370, §F1 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 469, §E18 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 510, §A19 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B7 (REV). PL 2011, c. 90, Pt. F, §5 (AMD). RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §341 (COR).