Subd. 1. Applicability.

For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given.

Subd. 2. Health carrier.

"Health carrier" means an insurance company licensed under chapter 60A to offer, sell, or issue a policy of accident and sickness insurance as defined in section 62A.01; a nonprofit health service plan corporation operating under chapter 62C; a health maintenance organization operating under chapter 62D; a fraternal benefit society operating under chapter 64B; or a joint self-insurance employee health plan operating under chapter 62H.

Subd. 3. Health plan.

"Health plan" means a policy or certificate of accident and sickness insurance as defined in section 62A.01 offered by an insurance company licensed under chapter 60A; a subscriber contract or certificate offered by a nonprofit health service plan corporation operating under chapter 62C; a health maintenance contract or certificate offered by a health maintenance organization operating under chapter 62D; a health benefit certificate offered by a fraternal benefit society operating under chapter 64B; or health coverage offered by a joint self-insurance employee health plan operating under chapter 62H. Health plan means individual and group coverage, unless otherwise specified. Health plan does not include coverage that is:

1. (1) limited to disability or income protection coverage;
2. (2) automobile medical payment coverage;
3. (3) supplemental to liability insurance;
4. (4) designed solely to provide payments on a per diem, fixed indemnity, or non-expense-incurred basis;
5. (5) credit accident and health insurance as defined in section 62B.02;
6. (6) designed solely to provide dental or vision care;
7. (7) blanket accident and sickness insurance as defined in section 62A.11;
8. (8) accident-only coverage;
9. (9) a long-term care policy as defined in section 62A.46 or 62S.01;
10. (10) issued as a supplement to Medicare, as defined in sections 62A.31 to 62A.44, or policies, contracts, or certificates that supplement Medicare issued by health maintenance organizations or those policies, contracts, or certificates governed by section 1833 or 1876 of the federal Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, section 1395, et seq., as amended;
11. (11) workers' compensation insurance; or
12. (12) issued solely as a companion to a health maintenance contract as described in section 62D.12, subdivision 1a, so long as the health maintenance contract meets the definition of a health plan.