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Page 2, line 1, delete "refers to a policy of" and insert "
means a
plan through which coverage is provided for health care services
through insurance, prepayment, reimbursement, or otherwise. The
term includes the following:
(1) An employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in 29 U.S.C.
1002 et seq.).
(2) A policy of accident and sickness insurance (as defined in
IC 27-8-5-1).
(b) The term does not include the following:
(1) Accident-only, credit, Medicare supplement, long term
care, or disability income insurance.
(2) Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance.
(3) Worker's compensation or similar insurance.
(4) Automobile medical payment insurance.
(5) A specified disease policy issued as an individual policy.
(6) A short term insurance plan that:
(A) may not be renewed; and
(B) has a duration of not more than six (6) months.
(7) A policy that provides a stipulated daily, weekly, or
monthly payment to an insured during hospital confinement,
without regard to the actual expense of the confinement.
(8) An individual contract (as defined in IC 27-13-1-21) or a
group contract (as defined in IC 27-13-1-16).".
Page 2, delete lines 2 through 26.
(Reference is to HB 1055 as printed January 25, 2008.)
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MO105505/DI 77 2008