(a) This chapter applies to all discount medical plan organizations doing business in or from this state. (b) A discount medical plan organization that is a licensed health insurer or health maintenance organization or a nonprofit hospital and medical service corporation is not required to obtain a certificate of registration under § 27-74-5, except that any of its affiliates that operate as a discount medical plan organization in this state shall obtain a certificate of registration under § 27-74-5 and comply with all other provisions of this act; but such health insurer, health maintenance organization, or nonprofit hospital and medical service corporation is required to comply with §§ 27-74-8, 27-74-9, 27-74-10, and 27-74-11 and report, in the form and manner as the commissioner may require, any of the information described in § 27-74-13 that is not otherwise already reported. History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 156, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 158, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 395, § 7, effective July 14, 2021.
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