Montana Code 50-4-517. Legislative purpose
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50-4-517. Legislative purpose. The purpose of 50-4-516 through 50-4-518 is:
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-4-517
- Health care: includes both physical health care and mental health care. See Montana Code 50-4-504
- Health insurer: means any health insurance company, health service corporation, health maintenance organization, insurer providing disability insurance as described in 33-1-207, and to the extent permitted under federal law, any administrator of an insured, self-insured, or publicly funded health care benefit plan offered by public and private entities. See Montana Code 50-4-504
(1)to provide health care consumers with better information regarding the portion of their health care costs that will be paid by their health insurer and the portion that they will have to pay themselves; and
(2)to introduce elements of competition into the marketplace.