(a) Any director, officer, employee or partner of an HMO who receives, collects, disburses or invests funds in connection with the activities of the organization shall be responsible for the funds in a fiduciary relationship to the organization.
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) An HMO shall maintain in force a fidelity bond on employees and officers in an amount not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or such other sum as prescribed by the commissioner. The bonds shall be written with at least a one-year discovery period and, if written with at least a three-year discovery period, shall contain a provision that no cancellation or termination of the bond, whether by or at the request of the insured or by the underwriter, shall take effect prior to the expiration of ninety (90) days after written notice of the cancellation or termination has been filed with the commissioner, unless an earlier date of cancellation or termination is approved by the commissioner.
