<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 58-17-63 - &quot;Health benefit plan&quot; defined. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2075009Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2075009SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075009CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2075009Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2075009DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075009DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075009000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075009SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075009SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2075009Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-17-63"><span class="s2075009SENU">58-17-63</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075009SENU">. </span><span class="s2075009CL">Health benefit plan defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075009Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-17-64"><span class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont">58-17-64</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-18-63"><span class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont">58-18-63</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-38-36"><span class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont">58-38-36</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont">, and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-40-33"><span class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont">58-40-33</span></a><span class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont">, a health benefit plan is any hospital or medical policy or certificate, hospital or medical service plan, or health maintenance organization subscriber contract. The term does not include specified disease, hospital indemnity, fixed indemnity, fixed duration of one year or less, accident</span><span class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont">only, credit, dental, vision, medicare supplement, long</span><span class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2075009DefaultParagraphFont">term care, or disability income insurance, coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers' compensation or similar insurance, or automobile medical payment insurance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075009Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075009000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075009Normal"><span class="s2075009SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075009SCL-000003"> SL 1994, ch 381, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html>