Sec. 21. (a) In place of any other penalty specified in this chapter, or when no penalty is specifically provided, whenever any limited service health maintenance organization or other person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or entity subject to this chapter has been found to have violated any provision of this chapter, the commissioner may:

(1) issue and cause to be served upon the organization, person, or entity charged with the violation a copy of the findings and an order requiring the organization, person, or entity to cease and desist from engaging in the act or practice that constitutes the violation; and

Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-13-34-21

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • limited service health maintenance organization: means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity that undertakes to provide or arrange a limited health service on a prepayment basis or other basis. See Indiana Code 27-13-34-4
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(2) impose a monetary penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

     (b) A limited service health maintenance organization may appeal any action taken by the commissioner under this section within thirty (30) days after receiving notice of the action by requesting a hearing before the commissioner under IC 4-21.5.

As added by P.L.26-1994, SEC.25.

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