Louisiana § RS 22:1080 - Third-party premium payments; refusal of acceptance
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 22:1080 — Third-party premium payments; refusal of acceptance, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 22:1080. Third-party premium payments; refusal of acceptance
A. No health insurance issuer or health maintenance organization shall refuse the receipt of a premium payment when such payment is made by a third party to the insurance contract, provided that the payment is made from or pursuant to a fund or grant established by any one of the following:
(1) The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program pursuant to Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act.
(2) Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations.
(3) State or federal government programs.
(4) The American Kidney Fund.
B. This Section shall not be construed to require a health insurance issuer or health maintenance organization to accept a third-party premium payment from a health care provider.
Redesignated as R.S. 22:837 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
Acts 2014, No. 491, §1
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 22:1080 ("Third-party premium payments; refusal of acceptance") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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