HLS 16RS-1051 REENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 816
BY REPRESENTATIVE TALBOT
INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provide relative to certificates of creditable coverage
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1062(D)(1), relative to certificates of coverage provided by
3 group health plans and certain health insurance issuers; to provide that such
4 certificates shall be sent within twenty days of a request; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 22:1062(D)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1062. Increased portability through limitation on preexisting condition exclusions
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10 D.(1) A group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group
11 health insurance coverage, shall provide send the certification of the period of
12 creditable coverage no more than twenty days after such certification is requested by
13 an individual who ceases to be covered under the issuer's policy or plan:.
14 (a) At the time an individual ceases to be covered under the plan or
15 otherwise becomes covered under a COBRA continuation provision.
16 (b) In the case of an individual becoming covered under such a provision,
17 at the time the individual ceases to be covered under such provision.
18 (c) On the request on behalf of an individual made not later than twenty-four
19 months after the date of cessation of the coverage described in Subparagraph (a) or
20 (b) of this Paragraph, whichever is later. The certification under Subparagraph (a)
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1 of this Paragraph may be provided, to the extent practicable, at a time consistent with
2 notices required under any applicable COBRA continuation provision.
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4 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
5signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
6by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
7vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
8effective on the day following such approval.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 816 Reengrossed 2016 Regular Session Talbot
Abstract: Provides that certificates of coverage provided by group health plans and certain
health insurance issuers shall be sent within 20 days of request.
Present law requires a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group health
coverage, to provide certification of the period of creditable coverage when an individual
ceases to be covered under the plan.
Proposed law instead requires that such certification of creditable coverage be sent no more
than 20 days after it is requested by an individual who ceases to be covered under the issuer's
policy or plan.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 22:1062(D)(1)(intro. para.))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Insurance to the
original bill:
1. Delete requirement that certificates of coverage be provided when requested.
Instead require that such certificates be sent within 20 days of request.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.