(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or elsewhere in this article, when used in this article, the terms “accident insurance”, “health insurance”, or “sickness insurance” shall not include an accident-only; specified disease; hospital indemnity; long-term care; disability; dental; vision; medicare supplement; short-term, limited-duration health insurance; or other limited benefit health insurance contract that pays benefits directly to the insured or the insured’s assigns and in which the amount of the benefit paid is not based upon the actual costs incurred by the insured.
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10A-607
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
sickness insurance: shall include an accident-only; specified disease; hospital indemnity; long-term care; disability; dental; vision; medicare supplement; short-term, limited-duration health insurance; or other limited benefit health insurance contract regardless of the manner in which benefits are paid; provided that if any of the requirements in the foregoing sections as applied to long-term care insurance conflict with article 10H, the provisions of article 10H shall govern and control. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10A-607
(b) When used in sections 431:10A-104, 431:10A-105, 431:10A-106, 431:10A-107, 431:10A-108, 431:10A-109, 431:10A-110, 431:10A-111, 431:10A-112, 431:10A-113, 431:10A-114, 431:10A-117, sickness insurance coverage” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2022″ statecd=”HI”>431:10A-118, 431:10A-201, 431:10A-202, 431:10A-203, 431:10A-204, 431:10A-205, 431:10A-208, beneficiary family coverage defined; policyholder and employer responsibility for costs; availability” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2022″ statecd=”HI”>431:10A-601, 431:10A-602, 431:10A-603, and 431:10A-604, except as otherwise provided, the terms “accident insurance”, “accident and health or sickness insurance”, “health insurance”, or “sickness insurance” shall include an accident-only; specified disease; hospital indemnity; long-term care; disability; dental; vision; medicare supplement; short-term, limited-duration health insurance; or other limited benefit health insurance contract regardless of the manner in which benefits are paid; provided that if any of the requirements in the foregoing sections as applied to long-term care insurance conflict with article 10H, the provisions of article 10H shall govern and control.
