Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:255

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:242
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Health maintenance organization: means any corporation organized as either a business corporation or a nonprofit corporation and domiciled in this state which undertakes to provide or arrange for the provision of basic health care services to enrollees in return for a prepaid charge. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:242

            The commissioner may, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary to provide for the licensing of producers. A “producer” means a person licensed as a life and health insurance producer in the state of Louisiana who is appointed or employed by a health maintenance organization to engage in solicitation of membership in such organization. It shall not include a person enrolling members on behalf of an employer, union, or other organization to whom a master group contract has been issued.

            Acts 1986, No. 1065, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:2011 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 317, §1; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1; Acts 2022, No. 185, §1.

NOTE: Former La. Rev. Stat. 22:255 redesignated as La. Rev. Stat. 22:145 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.