Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in sections 10, 11, 12, 13, and 13.5 of this chapter, this chapter applies beginning September 1, 2018.

     (b) This chapter does not apply to a step therapy protocol exception procedure under IC 27-8-5-30 or IC 27-13-7-23.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-37.5-1

  • health plan: means any of the following that provides coverage for health care services:

    Indiana Code 27-1-37.5-5

  • Insurance: means a contract of insurance or an agreement by which one (1) party, for a consideration, promises to pay money or its equivalent or to do an act valuable to the insured upon the destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has a pecuniary interest, or in consideration of a price paid, adequate to the risk, becomes security to the other against loss by certain specified risks; to grant indemnity or security against loss for a consideration. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
     (c) This chapter does not apply to a health plan that is offered by a local unit public employer under a program of group health insurance provided under IC 5-10-8-2.6.

As added by P.L.77-2018, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.190-2023, SEC.13.