Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 8083

  • Group long-term care insurance: means a long-term care insurance policy that is delivered or issued for delivery in this State and issued to any of the following:

  • 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.
  • Long-term care insurance: means any insurance policy or rider advertised, marketed, offered, or designed to provide coverage for not less than 12 consecutive months for each covered person on an expense incurred, indemnity, prepaid, or other basis, for one or more necessary or medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or personal care services provided in a setting other than an acute care unit of a hospital. See
  • Policy: means any policy, contract, subscriber agreement, rider, or endorsement delivered or issued for delivery in this State by an insurer; fraternal benefit society; nonprofit health, hospital, or medical service corporation; prepaid health plan; health maintenance organization; or any similar organization. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 8083. Extraterritorial jurisdiction

No group long-term care insurance coverage may be offered to a resident of this State under a group policy issued in another state to a group described in subdivision 8082(4)(D) of this title, unless this State or another state having statutory and regulatory long-term care insurance requirements substantially similar to those adopted in this State has made a determination that such requirements have been met. All other jurisdiction shall be pursuant to section 4062 of this title. (Added 2003, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.)