North Carolina § 58-3-102 - (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Request for determination of coverage for transplants under health benefit payment mechanisms; required response time; penalties.

§ 58-3-102. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Request for determination of coverage for transplants under health benefit payment mechanisms; required response time; penalties.

As used in this section, "insurer" means any payer of health benefits that is subject to Articles 1 through 66 of this Chapter. (See note) When a person or that person's health care provider or representative requests that person's insurer to determine whether a transplant is eligible for benefits under that person's health benefit coverage, the insurer shall, within 10 business days after receipt of the request and medical documentation necessary to determine if there is coverage, inform the requesting person as to whether there is coverage; provided coverage exists at the time of the transplant. History (1991, c. 644, s. 14.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2021-64, s. 3(b), recodifed G.S. 58-3-102(b) as G.S. 58-3-256(c) . Session Laws 2021-64, ss. 3(d), 4, made the recodification effective October 1, 2021, and applicable to insurance contracts entered into, renewed, or amended on or after October 1, 2021. This section is repealed effective October 1, 2021, by Session Laws 2021-64, s. 3(c). Session Laws 2021-64, s. 1, provides: "This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Down Syndrome Organ Transplant Nondiscrimination Act."