Maine Revised Statutes > Title 24-A > Chapter 56-A > Subchapter 2-A – Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 24-A > Chapter 56-A > Subchapter 2-A - Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Carrier: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 4301-AContract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. health insurance: means insurance of human beings against bodily injury, disablement or death by accident or accidental means, or the expense thereof, or against disablement or expense resulting from sickness, and every insurance appertaining thereto, including provision for the mental and emotional welfare of human beings by defraying the costs of legal services only to the extent provided for in chapter 38. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 704 Health plan: means a plan offered or administered by a carrier that provides for the financing or delivery of health care services to persons enrolled in the plan, other than a plan that provides only accidental injury, specified disease, hospital indemnity, Medicare supplement, disability income, long-term care or other limited benefit coverage not subject to the requirements of the federal Affordable Care Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 4301-A Independent review organization: means an entity that conducts independent external reviews of adverse health care treatment decisions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 4301-A 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. United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72