(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any health maintenance organization licensed by the State Board of Health and in operation on May 29, 1986, shall be granted a certificate of authority upon payment of the application fee prescribed in Section 27-21A-21 and compliance with Section 27-21A-12. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any such health maintenance organization from continuing to conduct business in this state until such certificate of authority is issued.
(b) Any health maintenance organization which was licensed in this state prior to January 1, 1986, may continue to operate under existing noncontractual provider arrangements (which have been approved by the State Health Officer) for three years.
(c) After issuance of a certificate of authority in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may require submission by the health maintenance organization of any additional information required in Section 27-21A-2 which has not previously been submitted to the State Health Officer.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 21A - Health Maintenance Organizations.
Section 27-21A-1 - Definitions.
Section 27-21A-2 - Establishment of Health Maintenance Organizations.
Section 27-21A-3 - Issuance of Certificate of Authority.
Section 27-21A-4 - Powers of Health Maintenance Organizations.
Section 27-21A-5 - Governing Body.
Section 27-21A-6 - Fiduciary Responsibilities of Directors, Officers, Employees, and Partners.
Section 27-21A-7 - Evidence of Coverage and Charges for Health Care Services.
Section 27-21A-8 - Reporting Requirements.
Section 27-21A-9 - Information to Enrollees.
Section 27-21A-10 - Complaint System.
Section 27-21A-11 - Investments.
Section 27-21A-12 - Protection Against Insolvency.
Section 27-21A-13 - Prohibited Practices.
Section 27-21A-14 - Regulation of Producers.
Section 27-21A-15 - Powers of Insurers and Health Care Service Plans.
Section 27-21A-16 - Examination.
Section 27-21A-17 - Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Authority.
Section 27-21A-19 - Regulations.
Section 27-21A-20 - Administrative Procedures.
Section 27-21A-22 - Penalties and Enforcement.
Section 27-21A-23 - Statutory Construction and Relationship to Other Laws.
Section 27-21A-24 - Filings and Reports as Public Documents.
Section 27-21A-25 - Confidentiality of Medical Information.
Section 27-21A-26 - State Health Officer's and Commissioner's Authority to Contract.
Section 27-21A-27 - Acquisition of Control of or Merger of a Health Maintenance Organization.
Section 27-21A-29 - Existing Health Maintenance Organizations.
Section 27-21A-30 - Coordination of Benefits.
Section 27-21A-31 - Health Maintenance Organization Advisory Council.