SB484 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Roger Bedford, Jr.

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Insurance, Title 27, certain sections, repealed

Summary

SB484 would repeal portions of Alabama's Insurance Code (Title 27), specifically repealing sections 27-1-1 through 27-1-17.

What This Bill Does

It removes the current rules about penalties for violations, insurance form standards, claim filing formats, payment timelines to providers, and related administrative provisions. Without these sections, the old requirements would no longer govern insurers, health plans, and providers unless replaced by other laws. The measure takes effect immediately after passage.

Who It Affects

• Insurance companies, health service corporations, and health benefit plans; they would no longer be bound by the repealed penalties and claim standards.
• Hospitals, physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and other health care providers; they would no longer be governed by the standardized claim forms, electronic filing formats, or specific payment timeframes.
• State agencies that pay for health care services; they would lose the mandated forms and payment timelines tied to Title 27.
• Patients and insured individuals; indirect effects would include changes in how claims are filed, processed, and paid (depending on replacement rules in other laws).

Key Provisions

• Section 1 repeals Sections 27-1-1 through 27-1-17 of the Code of Alabama 1975 (the entire set of provisions in Title 27 referenced here).
• Section 2 provides that the act becomes effective immediately after passage and approval by the Governor.
• Specific repealed provisions include: 27-1-12 penalties for willful violations; 27-1-13 continuation of pre-1972 insurance forms; 27-1-14 preservation of acts/offenses prior to 1972; 27-1-15 podiatry-related health insurance payments; 27-1-16 health insurance claim form standards and advisory committee; 27-1-17 health care claim payment timelines, denials, and related procedures (including electronic claims).

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Subjects

Insurance