Minnesota Administrative Rules

4685.1600 ENROLLEES WHO ARE CONTRACT HOLDERS.

All enrollees who are contract holders, without regard to any membership or other status in the health maintenance organization corporation, must be afforded the opportunity to participate in the nomination and election of the consumer board members pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 62D.06, subdivision 1. All enrollees must be afforded the benefits of the enrollee opinion mechanisms and the complaint system. For the purpose of this part, a "contract holder" is the member of the covered group through which coverage is acquired, such as the employed person in an employment group, or in the case of an individual contract, is the person named in the contract as the covered person, as distinguished from others who may be covered as dependents of the covered person.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 62D.20

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007