Title 10 — Health and Safety
112 chapters · 2,597 sections in this title.
10 GCA § 85101 Definitions
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As used in this Chapter: (a) Board means the Board of Trustees of the Guam Memorial Health Plan; (b) Corporation means the Guam Memorial Health Plan; and (c) Director means the Director of the Guam Memorial Health Plan. SOURCE: GC § 49020.
10 GCA § 85102 Establishment
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In order to provide medical services and assistance to those persons on Guam who require assistance, there is created a public corporation to be known as the Guam Memorial Health Plan. SOURCE: GC § 49021. COL 041309
10 GCA § 85103 Duties
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It shall be the duty of the Corporation to operate a self-sustaining health maintenance organization which shall offer health services at the lowest possible premiums to people of the territory of Guam. SOURCE: GC § 49022.
10 GCA § 85104 Powers
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The Corporation shall have all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and perform the purposes and provisions of this Chapter, including the following, in addition to other powers granted in this Chapter, and may: (1) sue and be sued; (2) have a seal and modify it; (3) …
10 GCA § 85105 Board of Trustees
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All powers vested in the Corporation, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, shall be exercised by the Board. SOURCE: GC § 49024. COL 041309
10 GCA § 85106 Same
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(a) The Board of Trustees shall consist of seven (7) members who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature. The quorum of the Board shall consist of five (5) trustees. Action by the Board shall require the affirmative vote of five (5) trust…
10 GCA § 85107 Director
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The Board shall appoint a Director. The Director shall be a member of the unclassified service of the government of Guam. The Director shall have responsibility to carry out the purposes and duties of the Corporation in accordance with the direction of the Board. Payment for serv…
10 GCA § 85108 Personnel
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The Director may appoint such other personnel and fix their duties, under and in accordance with the personnel and compensation laws of the government of Guam, for the purposes of the Corporation. SOURCE: GC § 49027.
10 GCA § 85109 Fiscal Authority Accounting, Expenditures
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(a) There is established a fund to be known as the AGuam Memorial Health Plan Fund,@ which shall be maintained separate and apart from other funds of the Government and independent records and accounts shall be maintained in connection therewith. Every quarter, the financial stat…
10 GCA § 85110 Managing Firm Prohibited
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The Corporation shall not retain any management firm for the purpose of managing the Corporation. SOURCE: GC § 49029.
10 GCA § 85111 Exemption from Taxation
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The Corporation and all property acquired by or for the Corporation and all revenues and income earned by the Corporation are exempt from the taxation by the Territory for those taxes that are imposed by the Territory, including but not limited to the territorial income tax and t…
10 GCA § 85112 Contracts and Purchases
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(a) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations for purchasing and procurement by the Corporation, consistent with the provisions of the Administrative Adjudication Act. SOURCE: GC § 49031.
10 GCA § 85113 Transfers
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There is transferred to the corporation all items of property and personnel now assigned to the Guam Memorial Health Plan by the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority. On the first day of the month following the incorporation of the Corporation, all working capital, cash, accounts pay…
10 GCA § 85114 Termination
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The Corporation shall cease to exist twenty-four (24) months after the effective date of this Act. The Board of Trustees shall adopt a plan for selling the Corporation to a cooperative association of subscribers or to any other qualified purchasers. SOURCE: GC § 49033. ----------…
10 GCA § 85201 Definitions
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As used in this Chapter: COL 041309 (a) Government Agency shall mean any branch, agency department or division of the Government of Guam including any autonomous agency or public corporation. (b) Employee shall mean any officer, director or employee of a government agency. (c) In…
10 GCA § 85202 Notice
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Any government agency which employs one or more insured employees shall give notice to Guam Memorial Health Plan of the termination of the employment with the government agency of any insured employee or of the election of any insured employee to terminate health insurance covera…
10 GCA § 85203 Notice: When Due
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The notice provided by the preceding section shall be given in advance of the termination of the employment of such employee, or of the date the employee's cancellation of his insurance is to be effective, and such notice shall be given as far in advance as is reasonably practica…
10 GCA § 85204 Notice: Agencies' Responsibility
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Any government agency required to give notice to Guam Memorial Health Plan pursuant to the terms of this chapter shall in consideration of the extension of insurance by Guam Memorial Health Plan to the insured employees of such agency, be deemed directly bound in contract to Guam…