Any group policy, group plan, or group contract issued in this state by a health maintenance organization shall offer the master policyholder the option to purchase in new contracts the minimum benefits for treatment of alcoholism as specified in KRS
304.18-130 to 304.18-170.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 304.38-197

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Health maintenance organization: means any person who undertakes to provide, directly or through arrangements with others, health care services to individuals enrolled with such an organization on a per capita or a predetermined, fixed prepayment basis. See Kentucky Statutes 304.38-030
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
    that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: January 1, 1979
History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 8, effective January 1, 1979.