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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 403
BY SENATOR MILLS
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 22:1080, relative to third party premium payments; to provide with respect to2
insurers acceptance of third party premium payments; to require acceptance of3
premium payments from certain state, federal, or tribal programs or publicly4
supported charities; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 22:1080 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง1080. Third party premium payments; refusal of acceptance8
A. No health insurance issuer or health maintenance organization shall9
refuse the receipt of a premium payment when such payment is made by a third10
party to the insurance contract, provided that the payment is made from or11
pursuant to a fund or grant established by any one of the following:12
(1) The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program pursuant to Title XXVI of the13
Public Health Service Act.14
(2) Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations.15
(3) State or federal government programs.16
(4) The American Kidney Fund.17
B. This Section shall not be construed to require a health insurance18
issuer or health maintenance organization to accept a third party premium19
payment from a health care provider.20
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
ACT No. 491