§ 58-17h-33

58-17H-33. Information required to be provided to covered persons and prospective covered persons.In the certificate of coverage or member handbook provided to covered persons, a health carrier shall include a clear and comprehensive description of its utilization review procedures, including the procedures for obtaining review of adverse determinations, and a statement of rights and responsibilities of covered persons with respect to those procedures. A health carrier shall include a summary of its utilization review and benefit determination procedures in materials intended for prospective covered persons. A health carrier shall print on its membership cards a toll-free telephone number to call for utilization review and benefit decisions. Source: SL 2011, ch 219, §58. Commission Note: SL 2012, ch 239, §1 provides: 'The provisions of chapter 219 of the 2011 Session Laws shall be deemed repealed if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub.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.

ed 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.'