HRS 0431-0010A-0101 ANNOTATIONS

Article heading amended by L 2002, c 155, §48.

Bona fide trade associations; group health insurance coverage (repealed December 31, 2006). L 2004, c 118, §1.

Conformance to federal law, see §431:2-201.5.

Health maintenance organization act, see chapter 432D.

Medicaid-related mandates, see chapter 431L.

Mental health and alcohol and drug abuse treatment insurance benefits, see chapter 431M.

Proposed mandatory health insurance coverage and assessment report, see §§23-51, 52.

State health insurance program, see chapter 431N.

Patients' bill of rights and responsibilities act, see chapter 432E.

Section 431:10A-601 applied to all parts of article 10A if the category of policy under consideration included family coverage, as defined in §431:10A-103. Att. Gen. Op. 97-10.

The placement of §431:10A-601 in this article, regulating content of insurance contracts, makes clear that the legislative intent was to mandate benefits that must be made available by insurers that write contracts of insurance providing family coverage. Att. Gen. Op. 97-10.

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ANNOTATIONS ABOVE RELATE TO ARTICLE, CHAPTER, OR PART HEADING;

ANNOTATIONS BELOW ARE FOR SECTION ONLY.

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Part heading amended by L 2002, c 155, §48.

Section 431:10A-601 applied to all parts of article 10A if the category of policy under consideration included family coverage, as defined in §431:10A-103. Att. Gen. Op. 97-10.

Under this article and §431:10A-105(2)(A)(ii), standard "incontestability clause" of contract precluded insurer from denying insured "total disability benefit" contracted for, notwithstanding that HIV infection that caused the disability arguably "manifested" itself prior to policy's effective date of coverage. 86 H. 262, 948 P.2d 1103.