Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1260.35

  • Enrollee: means a qualified individual or qualified employee enrolled in a qualified health plan. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1260.32
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • Grace period: is a period that applies to recipients of advance payments of the premium tax credit allowed for certain individuals to purchase health insurance coverage on the exchange. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1260.32
  • Qualified health plan: means a health insurance plan that has in effect a certification that the qualified health plan meets applicable state or federal standards required for participation in a health insurance exchange. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1260.32
  • Qualified health plan issuer: means a health insurance issuer that offers a qualified health plan in accordance with a certification from an exchange. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1260.32

If the qualified health plan issuer seeks to recoup or otherwise recover payments made to the physician or other healthcare provider for services furnished to an enrollee during the grace period and that enrollee’s coverage is subsequently cancelled for nonpayment of premium, the qualified health plan issuer shall commence such recovery or recoupment efforts no later than sixty days after the expiration of the grace period.  Any attempts to recover payments that are commenced subsequent to this sixty-day period shall be null and void.

Acts 2014, No. 174, §1.