<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 58-17F-15 - Remedies available to director against health carrier found not in compliance.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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} span.s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6DefaultParagraphFont-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 58-17F-15 - Remedies available to director against health carrier found not in compliance."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 58-17F-15 - Remedies available to director against health carrier found not in compliance."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/58-17F-15"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17F-15" rel="noopener"><span class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6SENU">58-17F-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6SENU">. </span><span class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6CL">Remedies available to director against health carrier found not in compliance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6Normal-000000"><span class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6DefaultParagraphFont">In addition to any other remedies permitted by law, if the director determines that a health carrier has not contracted with enough participating providers to assure that covered persons have accessible health care services in a geographic area, that a health carrier's access plan does not assure reasonable access to covered benefits, that a health carrier has entered into a contract that does not comply with this chapter, or that a health carrier has not complied with a provision of this chapter, the director may institute a corrective action that shall be followed by the health carrier or may use any of the director's other enforcement powers to obtain the health carrier's compliance with this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6Normal-000001"><span class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6DefaultParagraphFont">A covered person shall have access to emergency services twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to treat emergency medical conditions that require immediate medical attention.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6Normal"><span class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6SCL-000003"> SL 2011, ch 219, § 15.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6DefaultParagraphFont-000004">Commission Note: </span><span class="s770bb7ed8ad84940b87ab49c793411c6DefaultParagraphFont">SL 2012, ch 239, § 1 provides: "The provisions of chapter 219 of the 2011 Session Laws shall be deemed repealed if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029 (2010) is found to be unconstitutional in its entirety by a final decision of a federal court of competent jurisdiction and all appeals exhausted or time for appeals elapsed."</span></p></div></body></html>