(1) "Applicant" means:
- (a) In the case of an individual medicare supplement policy, the person who seeks to contract for insurance benefits; and
- (b) In the case of a group medicare supplement policy, the proposed certificate holder.
- (2) "Certificate" means, for the purposes of this chapter, any certificate delivered or issued for delivery in this state under a group medicare supplement policy.
- (3) "Certificate form" means the form on which the certificate is delivered or issued for delivery by the issuer.
- (4) "Issuer" includes insurance companies, fraternal benefit societies, managed care organizations, and any other entity delivering or issuing for delivery in this state medicare supplement policies or certificates.
- (5) "Medicare" means the "Health Insurance for the Aged Act," title XVIII of the social security amendments of 1965, as then constituted or later amended.
- (6) "Medicare supplement policy" means a group or individual policy of accident and sickness insurance or an enrollee contract under a managed care organization, other than a policy issued pursuant to a contract under section 1876 of the federal social security act (42 U.S.C. section 1395 et seq.), or an issued policy under a demonstration project specified in 42 U.S.C. section 1395ss(g)(1), which is advertised, marketed or designed primarily as a supplement to reimbursements under medicare for the hospital, medical or surgical expenses of persons eligible for medicare.
- (7) "Policy form" means the form on which the policy is delivered or issued for delivery by the issuer.
[41-4402, added 1999, ch. 102, sec. 2, p. 323.]