Rs 22 1876

RS 22:1876 - Correction of credit records Any contracted health care provider who files, refers, or sends a report to a credit reporting agency for nonpayment by an enrollee or insured of any amount that he is prohibited by R.S. 22:1874(A) from billing or collecting shall assist in correcting the credit record of the enrollee or insured by providing a letter to the credit reporting agency and to the enrollee or insured. Such letter shall state that such amount is not due from the enrollee or insured to the contracted health care provider. If such letter is not sent within ten days of receipt of written notice from the enrollee or insured, the health insurance issuer, or the commissioner, the contracted health care provider shall be liable for all reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney fees and court costs, incurred by the enrollee or insured with correcting such erroneous credit record. Acts 2003, No. 1157, §1, eff. Jan.1, 2004; Redesignated from R.S. 22:250.46 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.