New Hampshire Revised Statutes 420-O:2 – Definitions
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In this chapter:
I. “Commissioner” means the insurance commissioner.
II. “Plan document” means evidence of coverage furnished to a student that sets forth all benefits and terms and conditions, with regard to a student health plan.
III. “Qualified actuary” means an actuary who is a member in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries or Society of Actuaries, with experience in establishing rates for self-insured trusts providing health benefits or other similar experience.
IV. “Institution of higher education” or “institution” means an educational institution in New Hampshire that:
(a) Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, or persons who have completed a secondary school education in a home school setting that is treated as a home school or private school under the laws of this state;
(b) Is legally authorized within New Hampshire to provide a program of education beyond secondary education;
(c) Provides an educational program for which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree, graduate degree, or professional degree;
(d) Is a public or other nonprofit institution;
(e) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association; and
(f) Has a history of providing for the health insurance needs of its students through a self-funded student health benefit plan.
V. “Student” means a person enrolled in a degree program in an institution of higher education and may include a postdoctoral fellow.
VI. “Student health plan” or “plan” means any self-funded plan established or maintained by an institution of higher education for the purpose of providing medical, surgical, or hospital services to a student, the student’s spouse or domestic partner, the student’s child or children, or other persons chiefly dependent upon the student for support and maintenance.
I. “Commissioner” means the insurance commissioner.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 420-O:2
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- 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.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
II. “Plan document” means evidence of coverage furnished to a student that sets forth all benefits and terms and conditions, with regard to a student health plan.
III. “Qualified actuary” means an actuary who is a member in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries or Society of Actuaries, with experience in establishing rates for self-insured trusts providing health benefits or other similar experience.
IV. “Institution of higher education” or “institution” means an educational institution in New Hampshire that:
(a) Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, or persons who have completed a secondary school education in a home school setting that is treated as a home school or private school under the laws of this state;
(b) Is legally authorized within New Hampshire to provide a program of education beyond secondary education;
(c) Provides an educational program for which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree, graduate degree, or professional degree;
(d) Is a public or other nonprofit institution;
(e) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association; and
(f) Has a history of providing for the health insurance needs of its students through a self-funded student health benefit plan.
V. “Student” means a person enrolled in a degree program in an institution of higher education and may include a postdoctoral fellow.
VI. “Student health plan” or “plan” means any self-funded plan established or maintained by an institution of higher education for the purpose of providing medical, surgical, or hospital services to a student, the student’s spouse or domestic partner, the student’s child or children, or other persons chiefly dependent upon the student for support and maintenance.