In 3 AAC 31.500 - 3 AAC 31.549,

1. (1) "association" means the Comprehensive Health Insurance Association established under AS 21.55.010 - 21.55.060;
2. (2) "Comprehensive Health Insurance Association" means the nonprofit incorporated legal entity established under AS 21.55.010 - 21.55.060;
3. (3) "covered condition" means high risk resident's health condition, injury, illness, or disease that is listed under 3 AAC 31.540;
4. (4) "diagnosis code" means a universal code that a health care provider uses to identify a person's diagnosis;
5. (5) "director" means the director of the division of insurance;
6. (6) "fund" means the segregated fund established within the association to hold all receipts and make all disbursements related to the program;
7. (7) "grandfathered health care coverage" means coverage provided by an individual health care insurance policy purchased before March 23, 2010;
8. (8) "health care exchange" has the meaning given in AS 21.51.500;
9. (9) "health care insurance plan" has the meaning given in AS 21.42.599;
10. (10) "health care insurer" has the meaning given in AS 21.54.500;
11. (11) "health care provider" has the meaning given in AS 21.07.250;
12. (12) "high risk resident" means a resident of this state who has been diagnosed with one or more of the covered conditions under 3 AAC 31.540;
13. (13) "individual market" has the meaning given in AS 21.51.500;
14. (14) "program" means the reinsurance program authorized under AS 21.55.400 and established under 3 AAC 31.500 - 3 AAC 31.549;
15. (15) "transitional health care coverage" means coverage provided by an individual health care insurance policy purchased after March 22, 2010 and before January 1, 2014.

(Eff. 2/2/2013, Register 205; am 12/22/2016, Register 220)

Authority: AS 21.06.090, AS 21.55.220, AS 21.55.400, AS 21.55.430