Statute 689c 135

1. For the purposes of determining rates charged for health benefit plans, a health benefit plan that contains a provision for a restricted network is not similar coverage to a health benefit plan that does not contain such a provision if the restriction of benefits results in material differences in cost of claims. 2. As used in this section, 'provision for a restricted network' means any provision of a group health benefit plan that conditions the payment of benefits, in whole or in part, on the use of providers of health care who have entered into a contractual arrangement with the carrier to provide health care to persons covered by the plan. (Added to NRS by 1995, 980)