Nebraska Statutes 44-32,133. Forms; filing; when; disapproval or withdrawal of approval; notice; hearing
(1) Every form required to be filed with the director shall be filed not less than thirty days prior to delivery or issuance for delivery in this state. At any time during the thirty-day period, the director may extend the period for review for an additional thirty days. Notice of an extension shall be in writing. At the end of the review period, the form shall be deemed approved if the director has taken no action. The person filing shall notify the director in writing prior to using a form that is deemed approved. At any time, after thirty days’ notice and for cause shown, the director may withdraw approval of any form. The withdrawal shall be effective at the end of the thirty days.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-32,133
- Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Director: shall mean the Director of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-3298
- Health maintenance organization: shall mean any person who undertakes to provide or arrange for the delivery of basic health care services to enrollees on a prepaid basis except for enrollee responsibility for copayments or deductibles. See Nebraska Statutes 44-32,105
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(2) When a filing is disapproved or approval of a form is withdrawn, the director shall give the health maintenance organization written notice of the reasons for disapproval or withdrawal and in the notice shall inform the health maintenance organization that within thirty days of receipt of the notice the health maintenance organization may request a hearing. A hearing shall be conducted within thirty days after the director has received the request for hearing.