33-36-304. Reporting and disclosure requirements. (1) A health carrier offering a closed plan or a combination plan shall document and communicate information, as required in this section, about its quality assurance program. The health carrier shall:
     (a) include a summary of its quality assurance program in marketing materials;
     (b) include a description of its quality assurance program and a statement of patient rights and responsibilities with respect to that program in the certificate of coverage or handbook provided to newly enrolled covered persons; and
     (c) make available annually to providers and covered persons a report containing findings from its quality assurance program and information about its progress in meeting internal goals and external standards, when available.
     (2) A health carrier shall certify to the department annually that its quality assurance program and the materials provided to providers and consumers in accordance with subsection (1) meet the requirements of this part.
     (3) A health carrier shall make available, upon request and payment of a reasonable fee, the materials certified pursuant to subsection (2), except for the materials subject to the confidentiality requirements of 33-36-305 and materials that are proprietary to the managed care plan. A health carrier shall retain all certified materials for at least 3 years from the date that the material was certified or until the material has been examined as part of a market conduct examination, whichever is later.

     History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 413, L. 1997.