ENROLLED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 209
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUVAL
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 22:2462(F), relative to the electronic delivery of insurance policy information;
3 to authorize insurers to provide documents electronically without affirmative
4 consent; to require written notice to the insured of the availability of a paper copy of
5 documents; to require insurers to provide a paper copy without cost to the insured;
6 to provide a time limit for providing a paper copy; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 22:2462(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง2462. Electronic delivery of insurance documents and notices
10 * * *
11 F.(1) A health insurance issuer may provide a group or individual insurance
12 policy or contract electronically to a party without the affirmative consent of the
13 party if the issuer mails written notice to the party describing all of the following:
14 (a) How to access the policy or contract electronically.
15 (b) That a paper form of the policy or contract may be requested at any time.
16 (c) How to request a copy of the paper form.
17 (d) That the paper form will be provided without any cost to the party.
18 (2) A health insurance issuer that receives a request from a party for a paper
19 form of the policy or contract shall provide the copy without any cost to the party as
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1 soon as practicable but no later than fifteen calendar days after the health insurance
2 issuer received the request.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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