(2) 'Covered service' means a dental service for which reimbursement is available under a covered individual’s dental insurance plan or health insurance plan or for which reimbursement would be available but for the application of contractual limitations such as deductibles, co-payments, coinsurance, waiting periods, annual or lifetime maximums, frequency limitations, alternative benefit payments, or other limitations. (3) 'Dental insurance plan' means a stand-alone dental plan or policy that provides coverage for dental services separately from a health insurance plan. (4) 'Dental insurer' means any health or dental insurance company, including a nonprofit dental service corporation, that offers a dental insurance plan for sale. (5) 'Dentist' means an individual licensed to practice dentistry under 26 V.S.A. chapter 12. (6) 'Health insurance plan' means any individual or group health insurance policy, any hospital or medical service corporation or health maintenance organization subscriber contract, or any other health benefit insurance plan' means any individual or group health insurance policy, any hospital or medical service corporation or health maintenance organization subscriber contract, or any other health benefit plan offered, issued, or renewed for any person in this State by a health insurer. The term does not include benefit plans providing coverage for a specific disease or other limited benefit coverage. (7) 'Health insurer' has the same meaning as in 18 V.S.A. § 9402. (Added 2021, No. 25, § 31, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.)
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