Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-51-125

  • Limited health service: means dental care services, vision care services, mental health services, substance abuse services, and pharmaceutical services. See Tennessee Code 56-51-102
  • Prepaid limited health service organization: means any person, corporation, partnership, or any other entity that, in return for a prepayment from a health maintenance organization or a state or federal agency, undertakes to provide or arrange for, or provide access to, the provision of a limited health service to enrollees through an exclusive panel of providers. See Tennessee Code 56-51-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Each prepaid limited health service organization may accept from a health maintenance organization licensed pursuant to chapter 32 of this title, or a state or federal agency payments covering all or part of the cost of contracts entered into between the prepaid limited health service organization and its subscribers.