§2445.  Disclosure requirements

A.(1)  Each health insurance issuer shall include a description of the external review procedures in or attached to the policy, certificate, membership booklet, outline of coverage, or other evidence of coverage that it provides to covered persons.

(2)  The description required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be in a format prescribed by the commissioner.

B.  The description required by Subsection A of this Section shall include a statement that informs covered persons of their right to file a request for an external review of an adverse determination or final adverse determination with the health insurance issuer. The statement may explain that an external review is available when the adverse determination or final adverse determination involves an issue of medical necessity, appropriateness, health care setting, level of care, or effectiveness. The statement shall include the telephone number and address of the commissioner.

C.  In addition to the requirements of Subsection B of this Section, the statement shall inform covered persons that, when filing a request for an external review, they will be required to authorize the release of any of their medical records that may be required to be reviewed for the purpose of reaching a decision on the external review.

Acts 2013, No. 326, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.