Utah Code 31A-8a-209. Health discount program fraud

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Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Health discount program: means a business arrangement or contract in which a person pays fees, dues, charges, or other consideration in exchange for a program that provides access to health care providers who agree to provide a discount for health care services. See Utah Code 31A-8a-102
Insurance: includes :
          (96)(b)(i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
          (96)(b)(ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
          (96)(b)(iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301

For purposes of Chapter 31, Insurance Fraud Act, a health discount program operator is an insurer as defined in Section 31A-31-102 and is subject to the provisions of Chapter 31, Insurance Fraud Act.