Louisiana § RS 22:2391 - Purpose; short title
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§ RS 22:2391. Purpose; short title
A. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Internal Claims and Appeals Process and External Review Act".
B. The purpose of this Chapter is the following:
(1) To establish standards and criteria for the structure and operation of utilization review and benefit determination processes designed to facilitate ongoing assessment and management of health care services.
(2) To provide standards for the establishment and maintenance of procedures by health insurance issuers to assure that covered persons have the opportunity for the appropriate resolution of internal and external appeals, as defined in this Chapter.
(3) To provide uniform standards for the establishment and maintenance of an internal claims and appeals process and external review procedures to assure that covered persons have the opportunity for an independent review of an adverse determination or final adverse determination, as defined in this Chapter.
Acts 2013, No. 326, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 22:2391 ("Purpose; short title") 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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