P.R. Laws tit. 26, § 9504

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§ 9504. Applicability and scope

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this chapter shall apply to all health insurance organizations or issuers.

(b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a group or individual policy or certificate that provides coverage only for a specified disease, specified accident or accident-only coverage, credit, dental, disability income, hospital indemnity, long-term care insurance, vision care or any other limited supplemental benefit or to a Medicare supplement policy of insurance, coverage under a plan through Medicare, Medicaid, or the federal employees health benefits program, any coverage issued under chapter 55 of Title 10, U.S. Code (medical and dental care for the members and former members of the uniformed services and their dependents) and any coverage issued as supplement to that coverage, any coverage issued as supplemental to liability insurance, workers' compensation or similar insurance, automobile medical-payment insurance or any insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault.

History —Aug. 29, 2011, No. 194, added as § 28.040 on Aug. 23, 2012, No. 203, § 7, eff. 90 days after Aug. 23, 2012.