1. (a)

   1. (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

   2. (2) “Carrier” means:

      1. (i) an insurer;
      2. (ii) a nonprofit health service plan;
      3. (iii) a health maintenance organization;
      4. (iv) a dental plan organization; or
      5. (v) any other person that provides health benefit plans subject to regulation by the State.
   3. (3) “Enrollee” means a person entitled to health care benefits from a carrier.
2. (b) The Commissioner shall develop and make available a standardized form for an enrollee to use to request confidential communications from a carrier in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.522(b).
3. (c) A carrier that requires an enrollee to make a request for confidential communications in writing in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.522(b) shall accept the standardized form developed by the Commissioner under this section for that purpose.
4. (d) This section may not be construed to limit acceptance by a carrier of any other form of written request from an enrollee for confidential communications from a carrier under 45 C.F.R. § 164.522(b).

Added by Acts 2014, c. 72, § 1, eff. April 8, 2014.