Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-227

• Certificate: means , for the purposes of this article, any certificate issued under a group long-term care insurance policy, which policy has been delivered or issued for delivery in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Group long-term care insurance: means a long-term care insurance policy which is delivered or issued for delivery in this State and issued to:

  (1) One or more employers or labor organizations, or a trust or to the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or labor organizations, or a combination thereof, for employees or former employees or a combination thereof or for members or former members or a combination thereof, of the labor organizations; or

  (2) Any professional, trade, or occupational association for its members or former or retired members, or combination thereof, if the association:

  (A) Is composed of individuals all of whom are or were actively engaged in the same profession, trade, or occupation; and

  (B) Has been maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining insurance; or

  (3) An association or a trust or the trustees of a fund established, created, or maintained for the benefit of members of one or more associations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Long-term care insurance: means any insurance policy or rider advertised, marketed, offered, or designed to provide coverage for not less than twelve consecutive months for each covered person on an expense incurred, indemnity, prepaid, or other basis, for one or more necessary or medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or personal care services, provided in a setting other than an acute care unit of a hospital. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104
• Policy: means , for the purposes of this article, any policy, contract, subscriber agreement, rider, or endorsement delivered or issued for delivery in this State by an insurer; fraternal benefit society; nonprofit health, hospital, or medical service corporation; prepaid health plan; health maintenance organization; or any similar organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104