§1260.5.  Charges and fees; refund requirements; bundling of services

A.  A discount medical plan organization may charge a periodic charge as well as a reasonable one-time processing fee for a discount medical plan.

B.(1)  If a member cancels his membership in the discount medical plan organization within the first thirty days after the date of receipt of the written document for a discount medical plan as described in R.S. 22:2397, the member shall receive a reimbursement of all periodic charges and the amount of any one-time processing fee that exceeds thirty dollars upon return of the discount medical plan card to the discount medical plan organization.

(2)(a)  Cancellation occurs when notice of cancellation is given to the discount medical plan organization.

(b)  Notice of cancellation is deemed given when delivered by hand or deposited in a mailbox, properly addressed and postage prepaid to the mailing address of the discount medical plan organization or emailed to the email address of the discount medical plan organization.

(c)  A discount medical plan organization shall return any periodic charge charged or collected after the member has returned the discount medical plan card or given the discount medical plan organization notice of cancellation.

C.  If the discount medical plan organization cancels a membership for any reason other than nonpayment of charges by the member, the discount medical plan organization shall make a pro rata reimbursement of all periodic charges to the member.

Acts 2008, No. 442, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Redesignated by Acts 2009, No. 503, §3.