2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 695B - Nonprofit Corporations for Hospital, Medical and Dental Service
NRS 695B.380 - Approval; requirements; examination.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each insurer that issues a contract for hospital or medical services in this State shall establish a system for resolving any complaints of an insured concerning health care services covered under the policy. The system must be approved by the Commissioner.
2. A system for resolving complaints established pursuant to subsection 1 must include an initial investigation, a review of the complaint by a review board and a procedure for appealing a determination regarding the complaint. The majority of the members on a review board must be insureds who receive health care services pursuant to a contract for hospital or medical services issued by the insurer.
3. The Commissioner may examine the system for resolving complaints established pursuant to subsection 1 at such times as the Commissioner deems necessary or appropriate.
4. Each insurer that issues a contract specified in subsection 1 shall, if the contract provides, delivers, arranges for, pays for or reimburses any cost of health care services through managed care, provide a system for resolving any complaints of an insured concerning those health care services that complies with the provisions of NRS 695G.200 to 695G.310, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 310; A 2003, 776; 2011, 3395; 2017, 2390)
