- (1) These rules apply to each contract providing health care benefits issued or delivered in Montana after the effective date of these rules, January 1, 2011.
(2) A contract providing health care benefits issued or delivered in Montana before the effective date of these rules must be brought into compliance with these rules by the later of:
- (a) the next anniversary date, renewal date, or plan year of the contract; or
- (b) the expiration of any applicable collectively bargained contract pursuant to which it was written.
- (3) For the transition period between the adoption of these rules and the timeframe for which plans are to be in compliance pursuant to (1), a plan that is subject to the prior coordination of benefits (COB) requirements shall not be considered a noncomplying plan by a plan subject to the new COB requirements; and, if there is a conflict between the prior COB requirements under the prior rules and the new COB requirements under the amended rules, the prior COB requirements shall apply.
Authorizing statute(s): 33-1-313, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 33-15-304, 33-18-201, 33-22-225, 33-22-226, 33-22-502, MCA
History: NEW, 1987 MAR p. 1766, Eff. 10/16/87; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 2958, Eff. 12/24/10.