Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 5115

  • Health maintenance organization: means any person who furnishes, either directly or through arrangements with others, comprehensive health care services to an enrolled member in return for periodic payments; the amounts of said payments are agreed upon prior to the time during which the health care services may be furnished; and who is obligated to the member to arrange for or to provide directly available and accessible health care services. See

§ 5115. Duty of nonprofit health maintenance organizations

Any nonprofit health maintenance organization subject to this chapter shall offer nongroup plans to individuals in accordance with 33 V.S.A. § 1811 without discrimination based on age, gender, industry, and medical history, except as allowed by subdivisions 4080g(b)(7)(B)(ii) and 4080g(c)(8)(B)(ii) of this title and by 33 V.S.A. § 1811(f)(2)(B). (Added 1991, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 45, eff. July 1, 1993; amended 2005, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 54; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 244, eff. July 1, 2022.)