58-17H-12. Access to representative for post-evaluation or post-stabilization services.

For immediately required post-evaluation or post-stabilization services, a health carrier shall provide access to a designated representative twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, to facilitate review, or otherwise provide coverage with no financial penalty to the covered person.

Source: SL 2011, ch 219, § 37.

Commission Note: SL 2012, ch 239, § 1 provides: "The provisions of chapter 219 of the 2011 Session Laws shall be deemed repealed if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub.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."