2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 22 - Insurance
RS 22:1096 - Health and accident insurers; rate increases
§1096. Health and accident insurers; rate increases
Health and accident insurers shall not increase their premium rates during the initial twelve months of coverage and not more than once in any six-month period following the initial twelve-month period, for any policy, rider, or amendment issued in or for residents of the state, no matter the date of commencement or renewal of the insurance coverage except that no health insurance issuer or health maintenance organization issuing group or individual policies or subscriber agreements shall increase its premium rates or reduce the covered benefits under the policy or subscriber agreement after the commencement of the minimum one-hundred-eighty-day period described in R.S. 22:1068(C)(2)(a)(i) or 1074(C)(2)(a)(i). This Section does not affect increases in the premium amount due to the addition of a newly covered person or a change in age or geographic location of an individual insured or policyholder or an increase in the policy benefit level.
Acts 1990, No. 636, §1; Acts 1991, No. 848, §1; Acts 1993, No. 297, §1; Acts 1995, No. 418, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:229 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 595, §1.
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