§1080. Third-party premium payments; refusal of acceptance
A. No health insurance issuer or health maintenance organization shall refuse the
receipt of a premium payment when such payment is made by a third party to the insurance
contract, provided that the payment is made from or pursuant to a fund or grant established
by any one of the following:
(1) The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program pursuant to Title XXVI of the Public Health
Service Act.
(2) Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations.
(3) State or federal government programs.
(4) The American Kidney Fund.
B. This Section shall not be construed to require a health insurance issuer or health
maintenance organization to accept a third-party premium payment from a health care
provider.
Redesignated as R.S. 22:837 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
Acts 2014, No. 491, §1