2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 58 - Insurance
Chapter 17I - Grievance Procedure
§ 58-17I-4 Register of grievances required--Information to be compiled--Maintenance.

58-17I-4. Register of grievances required--Information to be compiled--Maintenance. Each health carrier shall maintain in a register written records to document all grievances received including the notices and claims associated with the grievances during a calendar year. A request for a first level review of a grievance involving an adverse determination shall be processed in compliance with §§ 58-17I-7 to 58-17I-11, inclusive, and is required to be included in the register. For each grievance the register shall contain the following information:

(1) A general description of the reason for the grievance;

(2) The date received;

(3) The date of each review or, if applicable, review meeting;

(4) Resolution at each level of the grievance, if applicable;

(5) Date of resolution at each level, if applicable; and

(6) Name of the covered person for whom the grievance was filed.

The register shall be maintained in a manner that is reasonably clear and accessible to the director. A health carrier shall retain the register compiled for a calendar year for five years. (SL 2012, ch 239, § 1 provides: "The provisions of chapter 219 of the 2011 Session Laws shall be deemed repealed if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029 (2010) is found to be unconstitutional in its entirety by a final decision of a federal court of competent jurisdiction and all appeals exhausted or time for appeals elapsed.")

Source: SL 2011, ch 219, § 76.