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</span>Plans and issuers must provide notice in accordance with SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-17H-32">58-17H-32</A> and <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-17H-48">58-17H-48.</A> Insurers may comply with the notice requirements required in SDCL 58-17H-32 and 58-17H-48 by providing notification of the right to request and receive diagnoses and treatment codes and their meanings in all notices of adverse benefit determinations and final adverse benefit determinations.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Source:</b> 37 SDR 63, effective September 23, 2010; 37 SDR 111, effective December 7, 2010; 37 SDR 241, effective July 1, 2011; 38 SDR 59, effective October 19, 2011.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-17-87">58-17-87</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-18-79">58-18-79.</A></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-17-87">58-17-87</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-17H-48">58-17H-48</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-18-79">58-18-79.</A></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Reference:</b> American Community Survey data published by United States Census Bureau. <a href="http://www.census.gov">www.census.gov</a>.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </div> </body> </html>