North Dakota Code 26.1-17.1-16 – Contracts with providers
All contracts with providers or with entities subcontracting for the provision of limited health services to enrollees on a prepayment or other basis must contain or must be construed to contain the following terms and conditions:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 26.1-17.1-16
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
1. In the event the prepaid limited health service organization fails to pay for limited health services for any reason whatsoever, including insolvency or breach of this contract, the enrollees are not liable to the provider for any sums owed to the provider under this contract.
2. No provider, agent, trustee, or assignee thereof may maintain an action at law or attempt to collect from the enrollee sums owed to the provider by the prepaid limited health service organization.
3. These provisions do not prohibit collection of uncovered charges consented to by enrollees or collection of copayments from enrollees.
4. These provisions survive the termination of this contract, regardless of the reason giving rise to termination.
5. Termination of this contract does not release the provider from completing procedures in progress on enrollees then receiving treatment for a specific condition for a period not to exceed sixty days, at the same schedule of copayment or other applicable charge in effect upon the effective date of termination of this contract.
6. Any amendment to these foregoing provisions of this contract must be submitted to and be approved by the commissioner prior to becoming effective.