Chapter 44 — INSURANCE
2,728 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7004 Applicability of act.
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The Health Care Professional Credentialing Verification Act applies to health carriers that offer closed plans or combination plans having a closed component.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7005 Use of nationally recognized private accrediting entities; authorized.
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The director may recognize accreditation by one or more nationally recognized private accrediting entities, with established and maintained standards, as evidence of meeting some or all of the requirements of the Health Care Professional Credentialing Verification Act. A recogniz…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7006 Health carrier; credentialing verification duties.
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(1) A health carrier shall: (a) Establish written policies and procedures for credentialing verification of all health care professionals with whom the health carrier contracts and apply these standards consistently; (b) Verify the credentials of a health care professional before…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7007 Health carrier; primary verification; secondary verification; duties.
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A health carrier shall: (1) Obtain primary verification of at least the following information about the applicant: (a) Current license, certificate, or registration to practice a health care profession in this state and history of licensure, certification, or registration; (b) Cu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7008 Health care professional's right to review credentialing verification information.
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(1) A health carrier shall provide a health care professional the opportunity to review and correct information submitted in support of that health care professional's credentialing verification application as set forth below. (2)(a) Each health care professional who is subject t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7009 Contracts; duties.
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Whenever a health carrier contracts to have another entity perform the credentialing functions required by the Health Care Professional Credentialing Verification Act or applicable rules and regulations, the director shall hold the health carrier responsible for monitoring the ac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-701 Life insurance; policies; how signed.
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All life insurance policies except industrial policies delivered in this state shall be signed by the secretary or assistant secretary; in their absence, by a secretary pro tempore and by the president or vice president, or, in their absence, by two directors, of the company issu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7010 Health carrier violation; notice; hearing.
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If the director finds that any health carrier doing business in this state is engaging in any violation of the Health Care Professional Credentialing Verification Act and that a proceeding in respect thereto would be in the public interest, the director shall issue and serve upon…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7011 Violation; penalty.
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If, after the hearing, the director finds a health carrier has violated the Health Care Professional Credentialing Verification Act, the director shall reduce his or her findings to writing and shall issue and cause to be served upon the health carrier charged with the violation …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7012 Violation of cease and desist order; penalty.
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Any health carrier who violates a cease and desist order of the director under section 44-7011 may after notice and hearing and upon order of the director be subject to: (1) A monetary penalty of not more than thirty thousand dollars for each violation, not to exceed an aggregate…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7013 Rules and regulations.
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The director may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Health Care Professional Credentialing Verification Act.
Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 142, § 1.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-703 Life insurance; claims; false statements in application; effect.
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In any claim arising under a policy which has been issued in this state by any life insurance company without previous medical examination, or without the knowledge and consent of the insured, or if said insured is under ten years of age, without the consent of the parent, guardi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-704 Life, sickness, or accident insurance; annuities; who may apply or own; restrictions.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no policy of insurance shall be issued upon the person of any individual except upon the application of the individual insured or with the written consent of the individual insured. Nothing in this section shall be deemed …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-705 Life, sickness, or accident insurance; annuities; minors; competency.
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A minor not less than ten years of age, as determined by nearest birthday, shall not be deemed incompetent by reason of such minority to contract for or with respect to insurance or annuities upon his life or against bodily injury or death by accident or disability from sickness,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-706 Life insurance; minors; policy options; applicant may exercise.
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Subject to the rights of any person other than the minor whose life is insured, the applicant for a policy upon the life of a minor may during the lifetime of said minor and prior to the time such minor shall be ten years of age at nearest birthday, exercise any option contained …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-706.01 Life insurance; minor; payments; competency.
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Any minor domiciled in this state, who shall have attained the age of eighteen years, shall be deemed competent to receive, and to give full acquittance and discharge for a single sum or for periodical payments, not exceeding three thousand dollars in any one year, payable by a l…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-707 Domestic company; contingency reserve.
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Any domestic life insurance company may accumulate and maintain, in addition to the net value of its policies and all accumulations held on account of existing or future dividends, policies, or groups of such policies, a contingency reserve of not more than twenty percent of said…
Repealed. Laws 2000, LB 930, § 12.
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Repealed. Laws 2000, LB 930, § 12.
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Repealed. Laws 2000, LB 930, § 12.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 2000, LB 930, § 12.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-708 Life insurers; funding agreements; authorized.
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(1) Insurers authorized to deliver or issue for delivery life insurance policies in this state may deliver or issue for delivery one or more funding agreements, but the delivery or issuance for delivery of funding agreements shall not be deemed the business of insurance, life ins…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-708.01 Life insurers; synthetic guaranteed investment contracts; authorized.
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(1) Insurers authorized to deliver or issue for delivery life insurance policies in this state may deliver or issue for delivery synthetic guaranteed investment contracts if the following requirements are met: (a) The insurer is authorized to deliver, or issue for delivery, life …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-709 Sickness and accident insurance, defined.
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The term sickness and accident insurance as used in sections 44-710 to 44-767 shall mean insurance against loss or expense resulting from the sickness of the insured, from the bodily injury or death of the insured by accident, or both.
Repealed. Laws 1957, c. 188, § 22.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710 Sickness and accident insurance policy; form; approval; exception; premium rates and classification of risks; filing requirements.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided by the Director of Insurance and subsection (2) of this section, no policy of sickness and accident insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state, nor shall any endorsement, rider, or application which becomes a part of any suc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.01 Sickness and accident insurance; standard policy provisions; requirements; enumeration.
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No policy of sickness and accident insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state unless (1) the entire money and other considerations therefor are expressed therein, (2) the time at which the insurance takes effect and terminates is expressed the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.02 Sickness and accident insurance; insurer domiciled in state; delivery in another state; approval.
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If any policy of sickness and accident insurance is issued by an insurer domiciled in this state for delivery to a person residing in another state and if the official having responsibility for the administration of the insurance laws of such other state has advised the Director …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.03 Sickness and accident insurance; standard policy form; mandatory provisions.
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Except as provided in section 44-710.05, each policy of sickness and accident insurance delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state shall contain the provisions specified in this section in the words in which the provisions appear in this section, except that the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.04 Sickness and accident insurance; permissive provisions; standard policy form; requirements.
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Except as provided in sections 44-710.05 and 44-787, no policy of sickness and accident insurance delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state shall contain provisions respecting the matters set forth below unless such provisions are in the words in which the prov…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.05 Sickness and accident insurance; standard policy form; inapplicable; omission or modification.
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If any provision of sections 44-710.03 and 44-710.04 is in whole or in part inapplicable to or inconsistent with the coverage provided by a particular form of policy of sickness and accident insurance, the insurer, with the approval of the Director of Insurance, shall omit from s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.06 Sickness and accident insurance; standard policy form; provisions; order of arrangement.
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The provisions which are the subject of sections 44-710.03 and 44-710.04 or any corresponding provisions which are used in lieu thereof in accordance with such sections shall be printed in the consecutive order of the provisions in such sections, or at the option of the insurer, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.07 Sickness and accident insurance; term insured; construction.
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The word insured, as used in sections 44-709 to 44-767, shall not be construed as preventing a person other than the insured with a proper insurable interest from making application for and owning a policy of sickness and accident insurance covering the insured or from being enti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.08 Sickness and accident insurance; foreign or alien insurer; provisions required by laws of domicile of insurer.
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(1) Any policy of sickness and accident insurance of a foreign or alien insurer, when delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state, may contain any provision which is not less favorable to the insured or the beneficiary than the provisions of sections 44-709 to 44…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.09 Sickness and accident insurance; rules and regulations.
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The Director of Insurance may adopt and promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations concerning the procedure for the filing or submission of policies of sickness and accident insurance subject to sections 44-709 to 44-767 as are necessary, proper, or advisable to the adminis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.10 Sickness and accident insurance; nonstandard provisions; requirements.
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No policy provision which is not subject to sections 44-710.03 and 44-710.04 shall make a policy of sickness and accident insurance, or any portion thereof, less favorable in any respect to the insured or the beneficiary than the provisions thereof which are subject to sections 4…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.11 Sickness and accident insurance; construction of policies.
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A policy of sickness and accident insurance delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state in violation of sections 44-709 to 44-767 shall be held valid but shall be construed as provided in such sections. When any provision in a policy subject to such sections is i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.12 Sickness and accident insurance; copy of application attached to policy; request for reinstatement or renewal; copy attached to policy.
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The insured shall not be bound by any statement made in an application for a policy of sickness and accident insurance unless a copy of such application is attached to or endorsed on the policy when issued as a part thereof. If any such policy delivered or issued for delivery to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.13 Sickness and accident insurance; alteration of application.
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No alteration of any written application for any policy of sickness and accident insurance shall be made by any person other than the applicant without his or her written consent, except that insertions may be made by the insurer, for administrative purposes only, in such manner …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.14 Sickness and accident insurance; falsity of application; effect.
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The falsity of any statement in the application for any policy of sickness and accident insurance covered by sections 44-709 to 44-767 may not bar the right to recovery thereunder unless such false statement materially affected either the acceptance of the risk or the hazard assu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.15 Sickness and accident insurance; acts of insurer; no waiver.
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The acknowledgment by an insurer of the receipt of notice given under any policy of sickness and accident insurance, the furnishing of forms for filing proofs of loss, the acceptance of such proofs, or the investigation of any claim thereunder shall not operate as a waiver of any…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.16 Sickness and accident insurance; age limit; acceptance of premium, effect; misstatement of age, effect.
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If any policy of sickness and accident insurance contains a provision establishing, as an age limit or otherwise, a date after which the coverage provided by the policy will not be effective, and if such date falls within a period for which premium is accepted by the insurer or i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.17 Sickness and accident insurance; individual and franchise policies; riders and endorsements; requirements.
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No restrictive rider or endorsement which is attached to or is to become a part of any individual or franchise policy of sickness and accident insurance delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state shall be effective unless each such restrictive rider or endorseme…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.18 Sickness and accident insurance; return of policy; notice; effect.
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Except as provided in section 44-3608, every individual policy of sickness and accident insurance, except single-premium nonrenewable policies, shall have printed on its face or attached thereto a notice stating in substance that the person to whom the policy is issued shall be p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-710.19 Individual and group sickness and accident insurance; health maintenance organization contract; newly born child; coverage; when.
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(1) All individual and group policies of sickness and accident insurance providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis and health maintenance organization contracts shall provide benefits for newly born children of the insured or subscriber from the moment of birth. (2) The cov…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7101 Act, how cited.
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Sections 44-7101 to 44-7112 shall be known and may be cited as the Managed Care Plan Network Adequacy Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7102 Purpose and intent.
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The purpose and intent of the Managed Care Plan Network Adequacy Act are to establish standards for the creation and maintenance of networks by health carriers and to assure the adequacy, accessibility, and quality of health care services offered under a managed care plan by esta…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7103 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Managed Care Plan Network Adequacy Act: (1) Closed plan means a managed care plan that requires a covered person to use participating providers under the terms of the managed care plan; (2) Covered benefits or benefits means those health care services to which…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7104 Applicability of act.
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The Managed Care Plan Network Adequacy Act applies to all health carriers that offer managed care plans.