§ 38-33-190 — Rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of a health maintenance organization; priorities.

Any rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of a health maintenance organization is considered to be the rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of an insurance company and must be conducted under the supervision of the director or his designee pursuant to the law governing the rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of insurance companies. The director or his designee may apply for an order directing him to rehabilitate, liquidate, or conserve a health maintenance organization upon any one or more grounds set out in Sections 38-27-310 and 38-27-370, or when in his opinion the continued operation of the health maintenance organization would be hazardous either to the enrollees or to the people of this State. Enrollees shall have the same priority in the event of liquidation or rehabilitation as the law provides to policyholders of an insurer.

Legislative History

HISTORY: Enacted as 1976 Code SECTION 38-25-190 by 1987 Act No. 83, SECTION 1; recodified as SECTION 38-33-190 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 24; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 633.