(a) In place of any other penalty specified in this chapter, or when no penalty is specifically provided, whenever any limited service health maintenance organization or other person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or entity subject to this chapter has been found to have violated any provision of this chapter, the commissioner may:(1) issue and cause to be served upon the organization, person, or entity charged with the violation a copy of the findings and an order requiring the organization, person, or entity to cease and desist from engaging in the act or practice that constitutes the violation; and(2) impose a monetary penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).(b) A limited service health maintenance organization may appeal any action taken by the commissioner under this section within thirty (30) days after receiving notice of the action by requesting a hearing before the commissioner under IC 4-21.5.As added by P.L.26-1994, SEC.25.
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