§ 44-1304 — Applicability of act

(1) Except as provided
in subsection (2) of this section, the Health Carrier External Review Act
shall apply to all health carriers.
(2)(a) The act shall
not apply to a policy or certificate that provides coverage for:
(i) A specified disease,
specified accident, or accident-only coverage;
(ii) Credit;
(iii) Dental;
(iv) Disability income;
(v) Hospital indemnity;
(vi) Long-term care insurance
as defined in section 44-4509 ;
(vii) Vision care; or
(viii) Any other limited supplemental
benefit.
(b)
The act shall not apply to:
(i)
A medicare supplement policy of insurance as defined in section 44-3602 ;
(ii) Coverage under a plan
through medicare, medicaid, or the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program;
(iii) Any coverage issued
under Chapter 55 of Title 10 of the United States Code and any coverage issued
as a supplement to that coverage;
(iv) Any coverage issued as supplemental to liability
insurance;
(v)
Workers' compensation or similar insurance;
(vi) Automobile medical-payment insurance; or
(vii) Any insurance under
which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault, whether written
on a group blanket or individual basis.

Legislative History

Source: Laws 2013, LB147, § 4.