§ 58-17f-15

58-17F-15. Remedies available to director against health carrier found not in compliance.In addition to any other remedies permitted by law, if the director determines that a health carrier has not contracted with enough participating providers to assure that covered persons have accessible health care services in a geographic area, that a health carrier's access plan does not assure reasonable access to covered benefits, that a health carrier has entered into a contract that does not comply with this chapter, or that a health carrier has not complied with a provision of this chapter, the director may institute a corrective action that shall be followed by the health carrier or may use any of the director's other enforcement powers to obtain the health carrier's compliance with this chapter.A covered person shall have access to emergency services twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to treat emergency medical conditions that require immediate medical attention. Source: SL 2011, ch 219, §15. Commission Note: SL 2012, ch 239, §1 provides: 'The provisions of chapter 219 of the 2011 Session Laws shall be deemed repealed if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub.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.

ch 219, §15. Commission Note: SL 2012, ch 239, §1 provides: 'The provisions of chapter 219 of the 2011 Session Laws shall be deemed repealed if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub.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.'