Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:247 – Reimbursement for chiropractic services
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:247
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Health maintenance organization: means any corporation organized as either a business corporation or a nonprofit corporation and domiciled in this state which undertakes to provide or arrange for the provision of basic health care services to enrollees in return for a prepaid charge. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:242
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
Notwithstanding any provision of any policy or contract of insurance or health benefits issued by a health maintenance organization, whenever such policy or contract provides for payment or reimbursement for any service, and such service may be legally performed by a chiropractor licensed in this state, such payment or reimbursement under such policy or contract shall not be denied when such service is rendered by a person so licensed. Terminology in such policy or contract deemed discriminatory against any such person or method of practice shall be void.
Acts 2005, No. 395, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:2004.3 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1.
NOTE: Former La. Rev. Stat. 22:247 redesignated as La. Rev. Stat. 22:2245 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.