P.R. Laws tit. 26, § 8002
All insurers, health services organizations and nonprofit associations underwriting health insurance services in Puerto Rico shall design said uniform billing system in coordination with the Insurance Commissioner within a term that shall not exceed six (6) months, starting from the effective date of this act. Said system shall be presented for evaluation and approval by the Insurance Commissioner of Puerto Rico no later than thirty (30) days after being designed or after said term of six (6) months has elapsed, whichever occurs first. The Commissioner shall take the measures deemed necessary to establish said system if the insurers, health services organizations and nonprofit associations do not reach an agreement regarding the structuring of the system and do not submit the same for approval. The uniform billing system shall be put to use one year after the effectiveness of this act.
History —Aug. 10, 1997, No. 61, § 2.