P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 7026

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§ 7026. Contracting

The Administration shall contract health insurance for the area or areas established with one (1) or more insurers and/or health service organizations authorized to do health insurance business in Puerto Rico by the Insurance Commissioner, or by special laws approved for such purposes. Likewise, the Executive Director shall be the person designated to evaluate and to contract with health service providers as defined in this chapter. Provided, That the health service organizations that contract with the Administration for the services they render to the beneficiaries represented by the Administration shall not be subject to the jurisdiction nor to regulation of the Commissioner pursuant to § 1903a of Title 26. The Administration shall be responsible for supervising and seeing to the scope and effectiveness of the compliance of these organizations, and may contract the services of third parties to such ends.

History —Sept. 7, 1993, No. 72, Art. VI, § 2; Dec. 29, 2000, No. 463, § 3; July 19, 2002, No. 105, § 4; Dec. 29, 2003, No. 334, § 1; Aug. 8, 2010, No. 123, § 4.