This bill enacts provisions relating to ambulance membership organizations.
This bill:
- provides that accident and health insurance does not include an ambulance membership contract;
- enacts Title 31A, Chapter 6c, Ambulance Membership Organizations;
- defines terms;
- provides that an ambulance membership organization is exempt from certain chapters of Title 31A, Insurance;
- provides the powers and duties of the commissioner of the Insurance Department (commissioner) in relation to Title 31A, Chapter 6c, Ambulance Membership Organizations;
- provides the licensing requirements for an ambulance membership organization;
- provides the license renewal process for an ambulance membership organization;
- provides that an ambulance membership organization shall submit an annual report to the commissioner;
- provides requirements for an ambulance membership organization to maintain reserve funds and a surety bond;
- provides that an ambulance membership organization may charge a fee to a member of the ambulance membership organization;
- provides an ambulance membership organization's required disclosures to the ambulance membership organization's members;
- provides the requirements for an ambulance membership contract;
- prohibits an ambulance membership organization from selling, offering for sale, or providing an ambulance membership contract to an individual enrolled in Medicaid;
- provides the requirements for an individual who purchases an ambulance membership contract and who subsequently enrolls in Medicaid;
- enacts marketing requirements and required disclosures for an ambulance membership organization;
- authorizes the commissioner to revoke or suspend an ambulance membership organization's license;
- provides for penalties related to a violation of Title 31A, Chapter 6c, Ambulance Membership Organizations; and
- makes technical changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 31A-1-301