§ 20-25-1301 Purpose
§ 20-25-1302 Definitions
§ 20-25-1303 Duties of commissioner — group benefits plans and employee premium levels not mandatory subjects for collective bargaining
§ 20-25-1304 Functions of advisory committee
§ 20-25-1310 Alternatives to conventional insurance for providing employee group benefits — requirements
§ 20-25-1315 Legislative findings and purpose
§ 20-25-1316 Hold harmless
§ 20-25-1317 Disclosures by air ambulance service
§ 20-25-1318 Independent dispute resolution
§ 20-25-1319 Independent dispute resolution procedure — exemptions
§ 20-25-1320 Insurance commissioner duties — independent reviewer qualifications

Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 20 > Chapter 25 > Part 13 - Group Benefits

  • Advisory committee: means the Montana university system interunit benefits advisory committee established in 2-15-1530. See Montana Code 20-25-1302
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of higher education created by Article X, section 9, subsection (2), of the Montana constitution and 2-15-1506. See Montana Code 20-1-101
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Group benefits: means group hospitalization, health, medical, surgical, disability, life, and other related group benefits provided to employees and dependents of the Montana university system. See Montana Code 20-25-1302
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • subscription: includes the mark of a person who cannot write if the person's name is written near the mark by another person who also signs that person's own name as a witness. See Montana Code 1-1-203
  • System: means the Montana university system. See Montana Code 20-1-101
  • University: means the university of Montana-Missoula. See Montana Code 20-1-101