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INDEX
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Chapter
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Page
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Quality Assurance Unit, established to investigate quality of
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care complaints and enforce quality of care requirements;
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Quality Assurance Medical Director for the unit, appointment
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required......................................................................................................
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697
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3801
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Home Improvement Guaranty Fund, maximum amount that may
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be awarded from, provisions altered............................................................
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137
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1653
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Homeowner's or automobile liability insurance, cancellation or
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refusal to renew coverage, or refusal to underwrite, because of a
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claim that occurred more than 3 years before, prohibited..........
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366
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2515
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Hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities, comparative
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evaluation for quality of care and performance, provisions added
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657
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3641
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Industrial electricity customers, customer choice of electricity
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supplier under certain conditions, provisions added ...................
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498
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3041
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Insurance premium financing, discrimination prohibited against
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independent agents, brokers and insureds who use; personal
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lines automobile insurance agent with interest in premium
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finance company, disclosure requirements added.....................................
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557
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3288
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Managed behavioral health care organizations, notice to members
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and filing of mental health expense ratio, requirements added;
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Task Force to Develop Performance Quality Measures for
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Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations, established ...
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579
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3342
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Massage therapists, certification and practice, provisions altered;
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massage practitioners, registration and practice of
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nontherapeutic massage, provisions added ..................................
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397
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2649
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Motor vehicle rental companies, authority to sell or offer insurance
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to renters under a special restricted certificate of qualification,
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provisions added; report on employee compensation and
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incentive packages, required...................................................................
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628
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3503
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629
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3509
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New home builders, disclosure or disclaimer concerning presence
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of hazardous or regulated materials on site of new home to
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owners, requirements added ........................................................
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610
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3457
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Patients' Bill of Rights Act, to establish the Insurance
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Administration as consumers' single point of entry for health
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insurance information, improve access to specialists and
prescription drugs not in carrier's formulary, and add mandated
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benefit of home visits after mastectomy or testicle removal .......
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120
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1473
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Private mortgage insurance, disclosure concerning cancellation
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and termination of premium charges, provisions altered ...........
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634
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3524
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Retroactive denial of reimbursement of health care providers by
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insurance carrier based on improper coding, provisions clarified
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162
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1706
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Self-funded employer-based health plans, amendment of federal
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law to authorize state regulation, support for.........................................
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JR5
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3937
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JR6
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3939
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Steam heating companies, removed from jurisdiction of Public
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Service Commission; rate structure and customer service,
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requirements altered; customer complaint provisions added ...
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605
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3445
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Stop-loss insurance, attachment point requirements added .........
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683
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3760
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