Section 3 AAC 31.549 - DefinitionsIn 3 AAC 31 .500 - 3 AAC 31.549,
(1) "association" means the Comprehensive Health Insurance Association established under AS 21.55.010-21.55.060;(2) "Comprehensive Health Insurance Association" means the nonprofit incorporated legal entity established under AS 21 55.010 - 21 55.060;(3) "covered condition" means a high risk resident's heath condition, injury, illness, or disease that is listed under 3 AAC 31.540;(4) "diagnosis code" mew a universal code that a health care provider uses to identify a person's diagnosis;(5) "director" means the director of the division of insurance;(6) "fund" means the segregated fund established within the association to hold all receipts and make all disbursements related to the program;(7) "grandfathered health care coverage" means coverage provided by an individual health care insurance policy purchased before March 23, 2010;(8) "health care exchange" has the meaning given in AS 21.51.500; (9) "health care insurance plan" has the meaning given in AS 21.42.599; (10) "health care insurer" has the meaning given in AS 21.54.500; (11) "health care provider" has the meaning given in AS 21.07.250;(12) "high risk resident" means a resident of this state who has been diagnosed with one or more of the covered conditions under 3 AAC 31.540; (13) "individual market" has the meaning given in AS 21.51.500;(14) "program" means the reinsurance program authorized under AS 21 55.400 and established under 3 AAC 31.500 - 3 AAC 31.549;(15) "transitional health care coverage" means coverage provided by an individual health care insurance policy purchased after March 22, 2010 and before January 1, 2014.Eff. 2/2/2013, Register 205; am 12/22/2016, Register 220, January 2017Authority:AS 21.06.090
AS 21.55.220
AS 21.55.400
AS 21.55.430